#France 🇫🇷: Criminal group #DZMafia released a video of 7.62x39mm AK-platform rifles owned by the group in #Marseille in April. The rifles seem to be Albanian ASh-78 Tip-1 and Type 3 AK-47 pattern rifles. The stocks have been removed and some of the barrels have been shortened.

Explosive hazards contaminate Ukrainian🇺🇦 farmland. Markus Schindler and Anthony Connell explore the link between #FoodSecurity and Mine Action in Ukraine, where FSD (Fondation suisse de déminage) is clearing key agricultural areas so development and peacebuilding can occur. ➡️bit.ly/jcwd272-3

🎬 Landmines in movies: reality or fiction? In countless war movies, the heroes are portrayed stepping on a landmine and somehow managing to stay alive. Is this Hollywood vision grounded in reality? Read through Markus Schindler's article to find out. fsd.ch/en/landmine-go…

In light of ongoing efforts to empower local stakeholders in #HMA, Markus Schindler, FSD Programme Manager in Ukraine, discusses the challenges & benefits of localization, including the case of FSD's partnership with SHO-Shareteah Humanitarian Organization in #Iraq. Center for International Stabilization & Recovery ➡️ commons.lib.jmu.edu/cisr-journal/v…

Thank you to Markus Schindler for sharing our highlights this week in the #MineAction Weekly newsletter - including how a United Nations mission gained insight our landmine clearance operations in #Yemen, how we "saved over 435,000 lives" and how we cleared 384 #landmines in Yemen between 30

#ToWalktheEarthinSafety 2024: FSD is pleased to be an implementing partner of Political-Military Affairs, US Dept of State and to feature in the 2024 edition of To Walk the Earth in Safety with an article on our operations in #Ukraine, written by Markus Schindler, FSD programme Manager. state.gov/reports/to-wal…