Ethiopia

The extent and location of cluster munition remnants (CMR) are not yet known due to lack of comprehensive survey. Ethiopia did not formally report any survey or clearance of CMR in 2025, and Mine Action Review is not aware of any nationally coordinated survey or clearance of CMR prior to 2025. Between 2024 and 2026, Mine Action Review has accessed a number of reports from credible sources with evidence of limited CMR contamination. These are preliminary findings, requiring further review.

• Ethiopia should accede to the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) as a matter of priority.
• Ethiopia should undertake systematic survey as soon as possible to ascertain the extent and location of CMR and prepare a plan for their clearance and destruction.
• Ethiopia should comply with its obligations under international human rights law to clear CMR on territory under its jurisdiction or control as soon as possible.
• Ethiopia should establish a framework to enable humanitarian mine action operators to conduct demolitions using explosives, without which they remain constrained in their ability to conduct safe and efficient disposal of explosive ordnance (EO).
• Ethiopia should ensure its national mine action centre has sufficient resources to sustain an effective mine action programme and mobilise the necessary resources to survey and clear CMR.
• Ethiopia should establish, as a matter of urgency, a functional Information Management System for Mine Action (IMSMA) database, following efforts ongoing since early 2024.

Click here to download the 'Clearing Cluster Munition Remnants 2026' report for Ethiopia.