Ethiopia

Ethiopia did not report any survey or clearance in 2022 and, as of writing, had not yet submitted the updated work plan as requested by States Parties in accordance with the decision taken on Ethiopia’s 2019 Article 5 deadline extension request. The work of the Mine Action Area of Responsibility, co-ordinated by the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), as well as the initiation of survey and clearance by The HALO Trust (HALO) in 2022 are positive steps. But given technical and logistical challenges and a critical lack of funding and capacity, Ethiopia’s already ambitious land release targets are now wholly unrealistic.

• As a priority, Ethiopia should re-survey all mined areas to establish an accurate baseline of contamination.
• Ethiopia should ensure the national mine action centre has sufficient resources to sustain an effective mine action programme and mobilise resources to complete clearance.
• Ethiopia should produce an updated work plan, with revised estimates of contamination, annual survey and clearance targets, and a detailed budget, in accordance with the terms of its extension.
• Ethiopia should review of its existing information management capacity and finalise the transfer of its existing data to the Information Management System for Mine Action (IMSMA) database.

Click here to download the "Clearing the Mines 2023" report for Ethiopia.