he UN Secretary-General has drawn on Action on Armed Violence data in a new General Assembly report, citing AOAV figures on global IED incidents, civilian casualties and the growing use of drones.
A new UN report warns that civilians continue to bear the overwhelming burden of modern warfare, with explosive weapons in populated areas remaining a leading cause of death, injury and destruction, drawing on AOAV data to illustrate the scale of the crisis.
Resurgent suicide bombings in Pakistan highlight a persistent threat driven by militancy, sectarian violence and regional instability despite years of decline.
On Saturday 14th October 2017, at a busy intersection in the Hodan district of the Somali capital of Mogadishu, a truck bomb exploded, killing at least 587 people and injuring hundreds more, and permanently changing the lives of thousands.
Mohammad Hossein Fahmideh, a 13-year-old Iranian boy who blew himself up beneath an Iraqi tank in 1980, became the Middle East’s first modern suicide bomber. He also became an icon of martyrdom whose legacy still shapes Iran’s strategic culture and reminds us of the grave dangers of provoking Tehran into full-scale war.
A quiet war is engulfing West Africa, where improvised explosive devices are devastating communities, dismantling state authority, and threatening to unravel entire nations through a deadly combination of terror, displacement, and institutional collapse.
This NDM-UN28 session unveiled a new model that combines explosive ordnance risk education with community-based first aid training to save lives in conflict zones where medical care is out of reach.
This final plenary at NDM-UN28 highlighted how accurate and disaggregated casualty recording is essential to evidence-based, lifesaving, and rights-driven mine action responses.
A new study reveals British Army bomb disposal veterans face a fivefold increased risk of bladder cancer due to prolonged exposure to explosive chemicals like TNT.
A workshop at Birkbeck, University of London, organised by the University of Essex and Action on Armed Violence, examined the gendered dimensions of explosive violence focusing on issues such as targeted attacks, female empowerment, and the role of arms transfers, highlighting the need for gender-sensitive policies and robust data collection to address these challenges.
The targeting of dual-use electronic devices as explosive booby traps in Lebanon has caused indiscriminate civilian harm, violated International Humanitarian Law (IHL), and underscored the urgent need for accountability and stronger protections against such tactics.
This article explores how data collection on the use of explosive weapons in populated areas is critical for protecting civilians and implementing the commitments made in the 2022 Political Declaration.