Colombia military claims seizing one of FARC’s biggest explosives stashes in history
Colombia’s national army announced on Wednesday the dismantling of one of the biggest explosives and logistics bases they have ever come across.
Colombia’s national army announced on Wednesday the dismantling of one of the biggest explosives and logistics bases they have ever come across.
An NGO has reported that five civilians were killed and 64 others were wounded by landmines and other explosives in the first half of 2014 in Colombia, local media reported on Thursday.
Assisting landmine victims is a specific promise made by Colombia and 160 other States through the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, or Ottawa Convention.
Health professionals in central Colombia claim Colombia’s landmine problem is more serious than even the official statistics may indicate.
Colombia’s largest rebel group, the FARC, indicated it is willing to reach a compromise regarding its longstanding use of hidden explosives.
With 368 casualties in 2013, 49 of them dead, Colombia has become the world’s tragic leader in landmine victims, surpassing Afghanistan, Darfur, Libya, and Somalia, among other countries.
Colombia offered “permanent training” in human rights and landmine programs to countries of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) during a meeting on Thursday, according to the Colombian Defense…
Colombia’s Vice President Angelino Garzon has urged the nation’s guerrillas to stop the use of anti-personnel landmines and commit to an ongoing battle to eliminate the deadly devices in Colombia,…
Despite a 28% decrease in the number of landmine victims in Colombia, the country is still facing an ongoing battle to detect and remove the devices, the government’s highest official…