As we close 2023, Project Masam’s Managing Director has reflected on the last year’s successes and has set out meaningful and achievable objectives for 2024. A humanitarian landmine clearance project, Project Masam has been working in Yemen since June 2018 to rid the country of deadly remnants of war, including landmines, improvised explosive devices (IEDs)…
The Yemeni Minister of State and Mayor of the capital Sana’a has praised Project Masam for its efforts to secure the lives of millions of Yemenis from the dangers of landmines and other explosive devices. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government troops and allied forces and Houthi militias and their allies escalated in 2014, liberated…
Project Masam’s Team 9 has continued its efforts to secure a second anti-personnel minefield in a camel grazing area in Usaylan district, in Yemen’s resource-rich Shabwah governorate. Because of their indiscriminate nature and humanitarian impact, anti-personnel landmines are prohibited under international humanitarian law, the 1997 Mine Ban Convention and Yemeni law. After weeks of clearance efforts,…
Project Masam has allowed 20,000 people across five areas in Yemen’s Usaylan district in Shabwah region to access electricity after electrical services were halted due to the presence of landmines in the area. Landmines are planted in Yemen in huge numbers, and these random, densely planted, and camouflaged devices, affect all vital sectors in the…
Project Masam’s Managing Director Ousama Algosaibi has said that the humanitarian landmine clearance project has carried out a total of 59 bulk demolition operations in 2023 across the country. These controlled demolitions, which follow international standards, mitigate the risk of landmines and other unexploded ordnance (UXO) of falling into the wrong hands, or being repurposed…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 3,015 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) so far in December 2023. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams removed 719 landmines, UXO, and IEDs last week, including 615 UXO and 102 anti-tank mines, bringing the total of…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 426,809 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,444 anti-personnel mines, 142,557 anti-tank mines, 269,865 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 7,943 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 52,866,740 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
Project Masam has announced that its demining teams have removed 2,296 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in December 2023. Project Masam’s Operations Room said in a statement that the teams removed 826 landmines, UXO, and IEDs last week, including 681 UXO and 116 anti-tank mines, bringing the total of explosives that…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 426,090 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,442 anti-personnel mines, 142,455 anti-tank mines, 269,250 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 7,943 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) neutralised over 52,587,150 square metres of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in…
Project Masam, in partnership with the Hemaya Center for Human Rights, on Monday has held in Taiz a symposium to shed light on the dangers of landmines and the challenges of displacement faced by women in Yemen due to the war. Entitled “Yemeni women between the challenges of displacement and the dangers of landmines”, the…
