M85 - Norsk Folkehjelp

M85 presentation

The main conclusions of the M85 report were presented in plenary at the Vienna Conference on Cluster Munitions 6 December.

Report: M85 - higher failure rate

Producers and stockpilers of M85 have argued that their tests show that the failure rate for this bomblet type is only 1% or 2%, this new report proves that the failure rate for this bomblet in Lebanon was around 10%.

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Earning a living from tailoring

“When I returned from exile in Uganda life in Yei was so hard for me. I made pancakes for selling but the business collapsed. My friends advised me to return to the village but I refused. Then one day a friend advised me to enroll at Yei Vocational Training Center to pursue a course in tailoring,” said Sayima Joyce a disabled tailor in Yei town.

Sörbö visited by Norwegian Embassy

NPA project manager John Sörbö Monday received his second visit from the Norwegian Embassy in Khartoum. Sörbö has now been detained by Sudanese authorities for more than two weeks.