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Unexploded Ordnance

Field News | July 21, 2009

Sudan: Children Seriously Injured by Unexploded Ordnances

On July 14, a seven-year-old boy was on his way back from school when he saw a shiny metal object sticking up out of the soil. As he attempted to pull the object from the soil, it exploded.

Field News | August 6, 2008

Eastern Chad: MSF Treats Victims of Unexploded Ordnance

On Sunday, August 3, three children from an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp were severely wounded by an unexploded ordnance device (UXO) they found near an airstrip in Gozbeida, Chad. All three children were brought to the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hospital, where they are now stable and remain under MSF care.