Mine Action and Disarmament
NPA employee makes history in Palau
Christopher Willis obtains the international qualifications of an IMAS Level 3 EOD Operator and becomes the first Palauan to qualify in a globally recognized profession.
01 Aug 2022
Mine Action and Disarmament
Farmers in al-Khasfa can finally use their land again following clearance of improvised minefields
Mohammed Khleef (30) and Maher Rafe’e (26) are cousins who together own a piece of farmland in al-Khasfa, a small village in the Haditha district of Anbar Governorate, Iraq.
19 Jul 2022
Mine Action and Disarmament
Norwegian People's Aid Peru completes operations in Pisco
Based on funding from the US Department of State (PM/WRA), Norwegian People's Aid are conducting Arms Management and Destruction (AMD) operations in Peru. In May, the team destroyed a total of 41 tons of obsolete munition at a Peruvian Air Force Base in Pisco, taking the country one step closed to destroy all obsolete weapons.
30 Jun 2022
Mine Action and Disarmament
U.S. imposes near total ban on landmines
The Biden administration is reversing Trump's policies, taking a big step in the right direction toward a total ban on landmines.
24 Jun 2022
Development Cooperation
La situación en Ecuador
En relación con la actual situación política de Ecuador, Ayuda Popular Noruega (APN) informa que son falsas las publicaciones anónimas que circulan en redes sociales, en las cuales nos mencionan como financistas de las movilizaciones indígenas. Ayuda Popular Noruega no ha financiado ni financia movilizaciones sociales en Ecuador.
23 Jun 2022
Mine Action and Disarmament
Statement by Norwegian People’s Aid on Protecting Civilians in Urban Warfare
Towards a political declaration to address thehumanitarian harm from explosive weapons in populated areas
17 Jun 2022
Mine Action and Disarmament
Short film on female Deminers in Kosovo
The Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) has interviewed some of NPA's current and former female operational staff in Kosovo.
01 Jun 2022
Mine Action and Disarmament
NPA Vietnam welcomes the US government to operations after two years of COVID delays
NPA Vietnam programme host the first donor visit from USDOS PM/WRA after a long Covid restriction period
27 May 2022
Mine Action and Disarmament
Address by NPA
NPA's address on Universalisation for the CCM Intersessional Meetings 2022.
16 May 2022
Development Cooperation
Norwegian People's Aid condems killing of Palestinian journalist
On 11 May 2022, Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed in the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank while covering a military raid by Israeli forces for Al Jazeera. Norwegian People's Aid condemns the killing of Shireen Abud Akleh.
16 May 2022
Mine Action and Disarmament
From war victim to aid worker
Bosnia, May 15, 1992: The civil war in Bosnia has been ongoing since the beginning of April, and Sarajevo is under heavy siege. On this day, the Bosnian civil war is about to reach the country's third largest and most multicultural city, Tuzla.
15 May 2022
Mine Action and Disarmament
Not sure if we're coming back
The war in Ukraine brought up painful memories of the past in an already hard-tested Bosnian population. Around half of Bosnia and Herzegovina residents fled during the war, and many never returned. The migration has only continued, and now many of those who have so far been clinging on, have been forced to go a new round of rethinking whether it is safe to stay.
13 May 2022