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At least eight people were killed when suspected terrorists bombed a strategic bridge in the Borgu local government area of Niger State, western Nigeria, early on Monday morning, 23 March. Police in Niger State confirmed that the explosion occurred at around 02:00, with reports reaching security operatives at about
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Police in the Indian state of Manipur recovered fifty improvised explosive devices on Friday 20 March alone, a series of announcements has revealed. Posting on their Facebook page, Manipur police announced that they recovered 12 IEDs from Yangoubung village, 29 from the general area between Loisi village and Saivom village,
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The threat of IEDs and cholera-related misinformation continue to persist amidst ongoing violence and volatility in northern Mozambique. According to a report released by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs on Thursday 19 March, three IED incidents were reported in February in the settlements of
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Nigerian police in the southern state of Imo have recovered over 300 IEDs, arrested 75 people and killed two further suspects in an operation throughout February and March. This is according to the local outlet PM News Nigeria. Speaking about the operation on Wednesday 18 March at police headquarters in
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At least 23 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in a triple IED explosion in the city of Maiduguri, in Nigeria's northeastern Borno State, at 19:24 on Monday evening, 16 March. Borno State Police Command's public relations officer, ASP Nahum Kenneth Daso,
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Troops in the Nigerian armed forces have successfully cleared a total of 11 IEDs from a long-abandoned road in Imo State, southern Nigeria. As reported by Vanguard, the director of defence media operations, Major General Michael Onoja, said that troops conducted a successful route clearance operation along the Eketutu–
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One man has been killed in a landmine incident in the village of Ashagi Veysalli in Azerbaijan's Khojavend region on 12 March. According to a statement released by the Mine Action Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan (ANAMA), in coordination with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the
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The HALO Trust has appealed to the international community to support the clearance of landmines, unexploded ordnance, IEDs and damage caused by aerial bombardment to enable the verification and dismantling of banned stockpiles of chemical weapons in Syria. Briefing the UN Security Council in New York on Tuesday 10 March,
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Two IEDs thrown during protests outside New York mayor Zohran Mamdani's home on Saturday, 7 March, are being investigated as an act of "ISIS-inspired terrorism", New York police have said. Emir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, face charges of providing material support to a
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Two policemen have been killed and 31 people injured - including five policemen and 26 civilians - in an IED explosion at a bazaar in Wana, South Waziristan, Pakistan, on Saturday 7 March. According to police officials via the Pakistani outlet Dawn, the explosion occurred when policemen on routine patrol were present
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Eight children were injured in a landmine explosion in the village of Al-Ankawi in western Syria on Wednesday 4 March. It was reported that the landmine had been planted by the now-deposed Assad regime and was left over from the Syrian Civil War. Dr Osama Al-Aboud, the
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Croatia has declared itself free of landmines after a three-decade campaign to clear the country of mines and unexploded ordnance left over from the 1991-95 Croatian war of independence that followed the breakup of Yugoslavia. It is estimated that, in Croatia alone, around 13,000 square kilometers were