To mark the International Day for Landmine Awareness, Colombians took part in symbolic acts to commemorate the country’s some 9,000 victims, Caracol Radio reported Monday. The campaign was disseminated through…
One farmer has died and another was injured in the municipality of Ituango, northern Antioquia, after stepping on a landmine alleged to belong to the FARC. The deceased man, Jorge…
Colombian coca growers are increasingly placing anti-personnel landmines around their crops to prevent manual eradication efforts. The BBC reports from southern Colombia. For the full story click here.
The Colombian Campaign against Landmines (CCCM) criticises the Mine Ban Treaty conference for allowing Colombia ten extra years to clear landmines from its territory. Colombia’s request for an extension to the…
The Colombian army discovered a large weapons cache, including 1,500 landmines, near the town of San Luis in the Antioquia department, reports Radio Santa Fe. The weapons are thought to…
The parties to the Mine Ban Treaty on Friday granted Colombia’s request for ten more years to remove anti-personnel landmines from its territory. Rosa Irene Rubio, interim director of the…
Colombia’s request for an extension on the Mine Ban Treaty deadline for removing anti-personnel landmines from its territory is likely to be approved, according to the treaty’s secretariat. Colombia on…
The 2010 Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor said Colombia must focus more on helping civilian victims of landmines. The report, released by the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, provides an…
Vice President Angelino Garzon on Thursday asked the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to appeal to armed groups in Colombia to release hostages and stop using landmines. Colombia…