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Since the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, hundreds of people have been killed by mines and unexploded ordnance. Mine clearance services, such as those provided by the teams of civil society organisation The HALO Trust, remove explosive remnants from the earth.

Conflicts

More landmine casualties, less humanitarian aid

As more and more people worldwide are being killed by industrially produced landmines, international funding for mine clearance operations faces an uncertain future.

by Kim Berg

09.04.2026

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“Russia’s attack on Ukraine is atrocious. Full stop.” Destroyed apartment building in Kharkiv.

Military security

Moscow tries to counter western interests wherever it can

by Vladimir Antwi-Danso

by Hans Dembowski

13.03.2022

Firefighters at burning biscuit factory in August 2021.

Fatal fires

When building regulations are not followed

by Rukamanee Maharjan

11.03.2022

Slum dwellers made homeless by a blaze in Kathmandu in 2014.

Fire hazards

Nepal pays too little attention to fire hazards

by Rukamanee Maharjan

09.03.2022

Ghanya Al-Naqeb, a researcher from Yemen.

Philipp Schwartz Initiative

Safety and new jobs for displaced scholars

08.03.2022

Online news portals

Need for government advertising makes media vulnerable

by Arfa Khanum Sherwani

06.03.2022

Protestors demanding freedom for Umar Khalid in Kolkata in early 2021.

Totalitarian aspirations

Modi opponents are called anti-national

by Arfa Khanum Sherwani

03.03.2022

Balconies like this one in Frankfurt would look like an invitation to burglars in Rio de Janeiro.

Urban life

What expats say about crime in Europe and Brazil

by Thuany Rodrigues

02.03.2022

Mobile money

Financial inclusion by phone

by Derrick Silimina

28.02.2022

Swimming pool of a well-protected condominium complex in Sao Paulo.

Gated communities

In Rio, the price of a safe home is very high

by Thuany Rodrigues

27.02.2022

Mumbai, 24 February 2022: An Indian art teacher’s response to the Russian attack on Ukraine.

Nationalist warfare

Putin’s attitude is imperialist and his mindset paranoid

by Hans Dembowski

25.02.2022