YEMAC: ‘10,000 civilians killed by landmines; clearance continues despite lack of funding’

Brigadier General Ameen al-Aqili, director of Yemen’s National Mine Action Programme, has said that landmines have killed more than 10,000 civilians in Yemen, with the number of deaths expected to be significantly higher than current reports. In a recorded interview with Project Masam, al-Aqili explained that mines have spread widely and significantly in Yemen since the…