Senegal: Landmines cleared in southern Senegal
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: SenegalZIGUINCHOR, Senegal, Jan 30, 2007 (AFP) - The Senegalese army finished removing landmines from the country's volatile southern Casamance region on Tuesday,...
View ArticleSenegal: Senegal: Landmines claim new victims in Casamance
Source: IRINCountry: SenegalZIGUINCHOR , 2 May 2008 (IRIN) - One man was killed and 20 passengers injured when a bus drove over a landmine near the village of Lefeu, 70km north of the Casamance capital...
View ArticleSenegal: The terrible legacy of landmines in Senegal's Casamance
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: Senegalby Alexandre GrosboisZIGUINCHOR, Senegal, May 23, 2008 (AFP) - Khadija Signate was only a toddler when she stepped on a landmine and lost her left leg: now...
View ArticleSenegal: Senegal: One landmine gone, thousands of hectares gained
Source: IRINCountry: SenegalKAGUIT, 11 September 2009 (IRIN) - Three women walk through lush forest with bowls of rice plants on their heads. It is a spectacular scene in the verdant Casamance region...
View ArticleSenegal: In Brief: Voices of landmine survivors
Source: IRINCountry: SenegalDAKAR, 8 October 2009 (IRIN) - A landmine survivor in Senegal's Casamance region on 6 October used the recent report, 'Voices from the Ground', based on a survey of mine...
View ArticleSenegal: Senegal counts 160 landmine victims
Source: XinhuaCountry: SenegalDAKAR, Nov 26, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Up to 160 physical victims of the landmines were counted in the south of Senegal in the aftermath of an armed rebellion in the...
View ArticleSenegal: Senegal: Landmines, armed gangs spread fear in Casamance
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: Senegalby Christophe ParayreKAGUIT, Senegal, Dec 10, 2009 (AFP) - A few years ago Elizabeth walked into the bush to try to find something to eat. Then her life...
View ArticleSenegal: Landmine survivors
Source: International Committee of the Red CrossCountry: SenegalIn Casamance, Senegal, there is a popular saying: “Landmines are extraordinary weapons: they don’t eat and they never sleep.” Landmine...
View ArticleSenegal: Casamance recovers more land lost to landmines
Source: IRINCountry: SenegalZIGUINCHOR, 27 December 2012 (IRIN) - People in at least 44 villages in Casamance, southern Senegal, can once again cultivate their fields and rice paddies thanks to Italian...
View ArticleSenegal: Landmine kills two in Senegal's Casamance
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: Senegal02/09/2013 19:36 GMT - SENEGAL-UNREST-CASAMANCE - World News (EAA) - AFPZIGUINCHOR, Senegal, Feb 09, 2013 (AFP) - A landmine explosion killed a woman and a...
View ArticleSenegal: Demining speeds up in Senegal's Casamance region
Source: IRINCountry: SenegalZIGUINCHOR, 24 April 2013 (IRIN) - Over half of the mined land in Senegal's southern Casamance region has been cleared, according to the government's anti-mines action...
View ArticleSenegal: ICRC visits people held by MFDC
Source: International Committee of the Red CrossCountry: SenegalGeneva/Dakar (ICRC) – Delegates of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) visited 12 people today who have been held since 3...
View ArticleSenegal: Demining on hold in Senegal's Casamance Region
Source: IRINCountry: SenegalZIGUINCHOR, 24 May 2013 (IRIN) - Demining has been halted in southern Senegal's Casamance Region after 12 deminers were taken hostage by fighters with the separatist...
View ArticleSenegal: Seven wedding guests killed by Senegal landmine
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: Senegal08/17/2014 14:21 GMTZIGUINCHOR, August 17, 2014 (AFP) - Seven wedding guests were killed and three were seriously injured when they were blown up by a...
View ArticleSenegal: Sénégal: sept morts et trois blessés dans l'explosion d'une mine en...
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: Senegal08/17/2014 12:23 GMT ZIGUINCHOR, 17 août 2014 (AFP) - Sept personnes ont été tuées et trois grièvement blessées dans l'explosion d'une mine en Casamance,...
View ArticleSenegal: Clearing landmines and saving lives in Senegal
Source: Handicap InternationalCountry: SenegalIn December 2015, Handicap International re-launched demining operations in Casamance, Senegal, the region at the center of a 33-year-long conflict between...
View ArticleSenegal: Senegal: Mine Victim’s Story Shows Critical Importance of Demining
Source: Handicap InternationalCountry: SenegalIn 2004, Dominique Gama’s life was turned upside down while walking from his fields to a well to collect water. He took, one, two, three steps towards well...
View ArticleSenegal: 50 mines and counting: a woman clears a path to safety in Senegal
Source: Handicap InternationalCountry: SenegalIn southern Senegal, landmines pose a clear and present danger. The violence that rocked Casamance for 30 years is now a distant memory, but the mines laid...
View ArticleSenegal: Senegal: What Should You Do When You See a Landmine?
Source: Handicap InternationalCountry: SenegalAfter a two-hour ride along crumbling roads, the risk-awareness team from the Senegalese Association of Mine Victims (ASVM) arrives at Leu Feu, a small...
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