Zimbabwe
| Performance Criterion | Score |
|---|---|
| Understanding of anti-personnel mine contamination (20% of overall score) | 8 |
| National ownership and programme management (10% of overall score) | 8 |
| Gender (10% of overall score) | 6 |
| Information management and reporting (10% of overall score) | 8 |
| Planning and tasking (10% of overall score) | 8 |
| Land release system (20% of overall score) | 8 |
| Land release outputs and Article 5 compliance (20% of overall score) | 9 |
| Performance score | 8.0 |
Key Developments
All mined areas remaining in Zimbabwe are now confirmed hazardous areas (CHAs). The challenge for Zimbabwe in meeting its Article 5 deadline under the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC) remains securing the requisite funding from donors in a country with significant competing social and economic challenges. Zimbabwe launched its reviewed National Mine Action Completion Strategy 2018–2025 and a Communications and Resource Mobilisation Strategy in January 2023, seeking to address this challenge. In 2022, Zimbabwe made significant changes to procedures for “missed-mine drills” (executed where gaps in the pattern minefield are found), which have considerably increased efficiency.
Recommendations for Action
- The Zimbabwe Mine Action Centre (ZIMAC) should continue to prioritise efforts to secure additional national and international funding to meet its 2025 clearance completion deadline.
- Zimbabwe should elaborate a gender and diversity policy and an implementation plan for the mine action programme.
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