Head of landmine-clearing NGO explains how the explosives nonetheless kill in peacetime and why the world is failing to scrub up its wars.
Lengthy after wars finish, landmines proceed to kill. James Cowan – CEO of The HALO Belief, a landmine-clearing humanitarian group – joins Speak to Al Jazeera to debate the human price of unexploded weapons in Gaza, Sudan, Afghanistan and past. From army neglect to donor fatigue, Cowan warns that the world is fast to fund battle however sluggish to put money into restoration. As civilians danger demise simply strolling to high school, is the worldwide group failing to scrub up after battle?
