Over nine tons of explosive remnants of war go up in smoke in Misrata
Nov 17 George Grant

Over nine tons of explosive remnants of war go up in smoke in Misrata

By Hadi Fornaji.Tripoli, 17 November:The international aid organisation Handicap International has destroyed over 5,500 pieces of unexploded ordnance...

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IHRC says abandoned weapons a threat to civilians
Aug 2 Michel Cousins

IHRC says abandoned weapons a threat to civilians

By Umar Khan.Tripoli, 2 August:The International Human Rights Council (IHRC) of Harvard Law School says that  weapons abandoned during the revolution...

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Sirte Power Plant and local beaches UXO clear-up
Jun 15 Nigel Ash

Sirte Power Plant and local beaches UXO clear-up

Tripoli, 15 June:The Sirte Power Plant and many local beaches have been cleared of mines and ordinance by international teams, but the education progr...

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Apr 3 Michel Cousins

Mine Awareness Day planned on Wednesday

Tripoli, April 3: A week after a 13-year old boy was killed in Zliten by unexploded ordnance, the Ministry of Education has joined the United Nations...

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Mar 15 Michel Cousins

Libyan killed by mine

Tripoli, March 15: A Libyan who worked with the civil defense team in Bani Walid was killed today when an unexploded ordinance blew up, according to m...

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Deadly cluster bomb thought to have killed Estonian mine expert
Mar 11 Michel Cousins

Deadly cluster bomb thought to have killed Estonian mine expert

By Marcus Rhinelander.Tripoli, 11 March 2012:An Estonian de-mining technician working to clear unexploded ordnance in Libya was killed last Saturday i...

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