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Home | News & Events | Zimbabwe without landmines: a crucial step towards development We salute our demining partners and the courageous frontline workers who carry out this dangerous work at great personal sacrifice. By Niculin Jaeger Lying dormant until triggered by a victim and intended to incapacitate, landmines maim civilians and render vast tracks of land unusable. Mines and unexploded ordnance leave a terrible legacy of war, long after the guns have fallen silent. Hidden from sight, they continue to kill and injure innocent civilians going about their daily lives, especially children. Their very presence hinders development and prevents families and communities from being able to return to their land and rebuild. Zimbabwe knows the long-lasting suffering that mines cause. ....
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Clearing landmines from a crucial african wildlife corridor Format APOPO to clear deadly minefield in the Sengwe Wildlife Corridor. In Zimbabwe, landmines affect not only local populations but also their precious livestock and wildlife. Thanks to an initial start-up grant from the US government, followed by another grant and strong support from the Swiss Embassy in Harare, APOPO is set to begin clearing landmines along the Cordon Sanitaire (CORSAN) minefield that affects the Sengwe Wildlife Corridor in January. The team has been assembled and training has begun. APOPO’s goal is to clear the assigned area by Zimbabwe’s 2025 landmine-free deadline, releasing local populations and endangered wildlife from the threat of landmines and opening up eco-tourism opportunities. ....
By Robert Tapfumaneyi A BELGIAN non-governmental organisation (NGO) APOPO is this month set to begin clearing anti-personnel landmines along the Cordon Sanitaire minefield that affects the Sengwe Wildlife Corridor in Masvingo province. APOPO trains African giant pouched rats to save lives by detecting landmines and tuberculosis. The company’s goal is to clear the assigned area by 2025 thereby freeing the local population and the endangered wildlife species from the threat of landmines and opening up attractive eco-tourism opportunities. Information says that during Zimbabwe’s liberation war for independence, the Rhodesian forces laid massive minefields to prevent potential and trained freedom fighters from leaving or entering the country, including the 37-kilometre-long minefield in the Sengwe Wildlife Corridor. ....