Head of landmine-clearing NGO explains how the explosives nonetheless kill in peacetime and why the world is failing to wash up its wars.
Lengthy after wars finish, landmines proceed to kill. James Cowan – CEO of The HALO Belief, a landmine-clearing humanitarian group – joins Discuss 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 spend money on restoration. As civilians danger dying simply strolling to high school, is the worldwide neighborhood failing to wash up after battle?
