Mine Action Review 2020
Mine Action Review hosts virtual event to launch its annual reports and discuss global progress in clearance of landmine and cluster munition remnants
11 Nov 2020
Sustainable Development Goals and mine action
Side event at 18 MST MBT about how to measure mine action outcomes against the SDGs.
10 Nov 2020
Montenegro free from cluster munitions 10 years after weapons were banned
10 August 2020 marked an important date in Montenegrin history. 10 years to the day after the Convention on Cluster Munitions entered into force, Montenegro could proudly declare itself free of these deadly weapons.
28 Oct 2020
Mine Action Review virtual event and briefing
Virtual briefing by Mine Action Review on the key findings of the latest Clearing Cluster Munition Remnants 2020 and Clearing the Mines 2020 reports, and the Oslo Action Plan monitoring of survey and clearance indicators.
22 Oct 2020
Solidarity in Action: NPA's Workers Union in Vietnam provides emergency aid to staff members
This week, representatives of NPA Worker’s Union in Vietnam visited families of staff members in Quang Tri and Thua Thien Hue Province who have been affected by the recent flooding.
22 Oct 2020
Two NPA staff died in tragic accident in the Solomon Islands
– We can confirm that two of our colleagues have died in a tragic accident in the Solomon Islands, says deputy Secretary General at Norwegian People's Aid, Per Nergaard.
21 Sep 2020
Closing clearance in Albania
NPA Closing Clearance Programme in Albania after safely removing more than 39,000 pieces of unexploded ordnance.
11 Sep 2020
Non-Technical Survey Commences in NPA Lebanon
Non-Technical Survey Commences in NPA Lebanon
02 Sep 2020
The ban on cluster munitions – 10 years on
Today, on August 1st 2020 Montenegro declares itself free of cluster munitions.
01 Aug 2020
NPA completes Non-Technical Survey in Vietnam's Quang Tri province
Norwegian People's Aid has reached an important milestone in Vietnam: finishing all Non Technical Survey in the Quang Tri Province.
11 Jun 2020
The Remnants of Two Wars
There’s a village in the North-Eastern part of Lebanon that has witnessed two recent wars, 24 years apart. Thousands of cluster sub-munitions were dropped in the area, first in 1982 and later in 2006. Many didn’t explode on impact.
21 May 2020
Women can clear mines too
In Iraq, many female deminers meet resistance from family, friends and male colleagues.
20 Apr 2020