Issue 6.2, August 2002
Focus

• U.S. Humanitarian Demining in Africa by Sarah E. Kindig

• Ensuring Effective Coordination: UNMAS and Mine Action Coordination Centres in Africa by Sarah Campbell

• Tailoring Partnerships for Success: Experiences from the Djiboutian Humanitarian Demining Program by Dr. Alan Childress and Major Matt Zajac

• HALO Trust in Angola by David Hartley

• An Interview with Hendrik Ehlers of MgM by Margaret Busé

• Developing Safer Demining Handtools in Zimbabwe by Andy Smith

• Humanitarian Mine Action in Mozambique by Dr. Hildegard Scheu

• Community Liaison in Mine Action: Partnerships for Growth by Tim Carstairs

  • July 5, 2002: MAG Opens Main Road from Luena, Moxico Province,
    Angola Allowing Aid to be Distributed to Thousands of Starving Families

• Locating Landmines and UXO: A Methodological Lesson from the Ethiopian Landmine Impact Survey by Michael L. Fleisher

• One Leg Dancing (Um Pé Que Dança) Angola Embraces the Future by Joe Lokey and Ken O’Connell

• Demining Efforts in Namibia by Whitney Tolliver

• Demining in Ethiopia: A Demanding Task by Josef Strebel

• Benefit/Cost Analysis of U.S. Demining in Ethiopia and Eritrea by Maj. Michael Litzelman

• *Ethiopia, Meet Eritrea: An Overview of the Landmine Situation in Ethiopia and Eritrea as a Result of the Border Conflict by Susanna Sprinkel

Notes From the Field

• One of a Kind: The Quick Reaction Demining Force by JJ Scott

• An Interview with Angelina Jolie by Jenny Lange

• Educating the United States: Landmines In and Out of the Classroom by Susanna Sprinkel

• Update: The Landmine Situation in Chechnya by Hayden Roberts

• *James Madison University Professors Teach GIS in Slovenia by Margaret Busé

• What Use is a Database of Demining Accidents? by Andy Smith

• The International Unexploded Ordnance Training Program (IUTP) by Tom Gersbeck

• Building a Safer World “The Philly Way” by Mike Felker

• The Mine Action Information Center and The State Department’s Humanitarian Demining Fellowship: Molding the Future of the Landmine Community by David Hartley

• The Workshop on Assistance to Landmine Survivors and Victim Assistance in Southeastern Europe: Defining Strategies for Success, Ig, Slovenia, June 1-2, 2002 by Sarah B. Taylor

• *Data Integrity and Reliability Conference by Whitney Tolliver

• *Moving Forward: Recommendations for a Landmine Victim Data Collection and Management System The Landmine Casualty Database Workshop James Madison University (JMU), May 13–14, 2002 by Sarah B. Taylor

Feature

• The U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development Program by Nicole Kreger

• Humanitarian Demining Research: The Future Role of the European Union by Russell Gasser

• Driving the HD Machine in the African Bush by Andy Smith

• Technology's Promises by JJ Scott

• Pookie Rides Again by Willie Lawrence

• Mine Resistant Boots by Jiri Chladek

• Mechanically Assisted Mine Clearance Operations by Greg Caison

• The Landmine Menace: The Great Humanitarian Challenge by Thomas Himmler

• The Versatile Tank-Like Flail by Harry Einstein

Country Profiles

• Angola

• Burundi

• Chad

• Ethiopia-Eritrea

• Mozambique

• Namibia

• Rwanda

• Somalia

Editorial

• Africa: It's Big! by Dennis Barlow

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