Introduction: As a result of conflict with Ethiopia and two decades of civil war, Somalia is littered with landmines, explosive remnants of war (ERW), stockpiles of weapons, and ammunition. According to reports, mine laying may have been occurring as recently as 2012 in the southern and central parts of the country and in the disputed Sool and Sanaag regions. The use of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) by armed groups compounds the threats facing communities and aid organizations. Note: Statistics and figures provided in the monthly report are subject to change. Please contact UNMAS Somalia Information Management for updated statistics, figures and maps. Prepared by: UNMAS Information Management Cell Page 1 of 22
Acronyms: AP Anti-Personal Mine MRE Mine Risk Education AT Anti-Tank Mine IDP Internally Displaced People CHA Confirmed Hazardous Area NGO Non-Governmental Organizations DA Dangerous Area UN United Nations DHA Defined Hazardous Area FEE Free From Explosives IED Improvised Explosive Device PBIED Person-Borne IED MF Mine Field VBIED Vehicle-Borne IED SAA Small Arm Ammunition LA Local Authority SHA Suspected Hazardous Area SNA Somalia National Army UXO Unexploded Ordnance MPV Mine Protected Vehicle ERW Explosive Remnants of War FEL Front End Loader CADG Central Asia Development Group DDG Danish Demining Group SOYDEN Somalia Youth Development Network UOS UkroboronService SC SOHDO Somali Humanitarian Demining Organization TDI The Development Initiative VISDO Voluntary Initiative for Social Development NPA Norwegian Peoples Aid UNMAS UN Mine Action service SPF Somalia Police Force SFH Solution for Humanity Notes: Hazard: Refers to a piece of land that is suspected of contaminated with Landmines or Explosives of Remnants of war (ERW) or both. Landmines: Refers to Antipersonnel (AP) and/or Anti Vehicle mines (AT). ERW: Refers to explosives and remnants of war that are still dangerous and can cause casualties and can damage infrastructures. Open Hazards: All those hazard areas that are registered with UNMAS but still no mine action activities conducted to clear them from the threat of Landmines and ERW. Closed Hazards: These are hazard areas that are registered and cleared from the threats of Landmines and ERW by UNMAS. Suspected Minefields: These are hazard areas that are suspected with laid landmines by UNMAS. MRE: Mine Risk Education refer to educational sessions conducted to audiences on the threats of Landmines and ERW. Landmine & ERW Casualties: All casualties caused due to direct or indirect contact with landmines and/or ERW. Prepared by: UNMAS Information Management Cell Page 2 of 22
1. HAZARDS: 1.1 Hazards by status since the start of mine action activities: 4,500 4,000 3,937 4,249 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 Hazard Open Hazard Closed 1,000 500 0 312 Hazard Open Hazard Closed 1.2 Hazards Status by Month 2015. Month Hazard Registered Hazard Closed January 50 41 February 59 33 March 62 43 Grand 171 117 1.3 Hazards status by Time frame: Reporting Period Hazard Status Open Closed Hazard March 19 43 62 2015 54 117 171 to Date 312 3,937 4,249 Prepared by: UNMAS Information Management Cell Page 3 of 22
1.4 Active hazard status by type of hazards registered in IMSMA: Active Hazards 300 250 200 257 150 100 50 0 DA MF SHA 7 48 1.5 Hazards Registered and closed by region for March, 2015. Regions Hazards Registered Hazards Closed Bakool 10 Banadiar 3 1 Bay 18 18 Galgaduud 22 20 Gedo 2 Hiraan 1 Lower Jubba 4 4 Lower Shabelle 2 Grand 62 43 Prepared by: UNMAS Information Management Cell Page 4 of 22
1.6 Hazards Registered and closed by Sector for March, 2015. Sectors Hazards Registered Hazards Closed Sector 1 5 1 Sector 2 3 3 Sector 3 30 18 Sector 4 1 Sector Kismayo 1 1 Outside sectors 22 20 Grand 62 43 2. DEVICES DESTROYED: 2.1 All devices destroyed by device type March, 2015. Devices Destroyed SAA, 131 UXO, 395 AP, 0 AT, 0 AP AT FFE, 1169 FFE SAA UXO 2.2 Devices destroyed by time frame: Reporting Period Land Mines ERW AP AT FFE SAA UXO March 1,169 131 395 2015 4,650 177 3,701 To date 78 40 16,491 11,532 54,570 Prepared by: UNMAS Information Management Cell Page 5 of 22
2.3 Devices destroyed by month and devices categories 2015. Month Land Mines ERW AP AT FFE SAA UXO January 430 4 850 1,284 February 3,051 42 2,456 5,549 March 1,169 131 395 1,695 Grand 0 0 4,650 177 3,701 8,528 2.4 Devices destroyed distribution by implementing organizations March, 2015. Organization Land Mines ERW AP AT FFE SAA UXO AMISOM 4 4 Danish Demining Group 16 58 74 Norwegian peoples Aid 1,169 98 295 1,562 Somalia Police Force 17 37 54 Ukroboronservice SC 1 1 Grand 0 0 1,169 131 395 1,695 2.5 Devices destroyed by regions March, 2015. Region Land Mines ERW AP AT FFE SAA UXO Banadir 1,169 98 296 1,563 Bay 17 37 54 Galgaduud 16 58 74 Lower Jubba 4 4 Grand 0 0 1,169 131 395 1,695 Prepared by: UNMAS Information Management Cell Page 6 of 22
2.6 Devices Destroyed by Type and Sector March, 2015. Sectors Land Mines ERW AP AT FFE SAA UXO Sector 1 1,169 98 296 1,563 Sector 2 3 3 Sector 3 17 37 54 Sector 4 Sector 5 Sector Kismayo 1 1 Outside Sectors 16 58 74 Grand 0 0 1,169 131 395 1,695 3. AREA RELEASED: 3.1 Area clearance by type in square meters since the start of mine action activities: Area Clearance by Type in Square Meters 16,000,000 14,000,000 12,000,000 10,000,000 8,000,000 6,000,000 15,161,546 4,000,000 2,000,000 905,672 19,565 0 Cancelled Sub-surface Surface Prepared by: UNMAS Information Management Cell Page 7 of 22
3.2 Area clearance in square meters by Time Frame. Reporting Cancelled Sub Surface Surface Period March 0 625 3,312,500 3,313,125 2015 0 5565 5,931,000 5,936,565 to date 905,672 19,565 15,161,546 16,086,783 3.3 Area clearance by Month and type in square meters 2015. Month Cancelled Sub - Surface surface January 0 0 1,048,500 1,048,500 February 0 4,940 1,570,000 1,574,940 March 0 625 3,312,500 3,313,125 Grand 0 5,565 5,931,000 5,936,565 3.4 Area Clearance in square meters by Implementers for March, 2015. Organization Cancelled Sub - Surface surface Norwegian peoples Aid 0 625 3,312,500 1,574,940 Grand 0 625 3,312,500 3,313,125 Prepared by: UNMAS Information Management Cell Page 8 of 22
4. ACCIDENT & CASUALTIES: 4.1 Accidents and casualty comparative graph by year since the start of mine action activities: 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 1977 to 2000 Accident Trend vs No of ictims 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Victims 84 8 8 10 4 39 36 48 75 161 189 101 62 44 86 18 Accidents 83 5 4 8 4 21 25 38 56 92 130 54 22 17 34 9 4.2 Accidents and Victims Reported by Time Frame Reporting Period Accidents Victims March 5 9 2015 9 18 to date 602 973 4.3 Casualties by gender March, 2015. Gender Death Injured Grand Female 0 1 1 Male 5 3 8 Grand 5 4 9 Prepared by: UNMAS Information Management Cell Page 9 of 22
4.4 Death casualties by gender and age group March, 2015. Gender Children Killed Adults Boys Girls Men Women Death Female 0 Male 3 2 5 Grand 3 0 2 0 5 4.5 Injured casualties by gender and age group March, 2015. Gender Injured Children Adults Injured Boys Girls Men Women Female 1 1 Male 2 1 3 Grand 2 0 1 1 4 4.6 Chart Landmine & ERW casualties by age group March, 2015. LANDMINE AND ERW CASUALTIES BY AGE GROUP Girls, 0, 0% Men, 3, 33% Boys, 5, 56% Women, 1, 11% Prepared by: UNMAS Information Management Cell Page 10 of 22
4.7 Casualties by Month, age group and gender 2015. Month Children Adults Boy Girl Man Woman January 0 3 0 0 3 February 1 1 3 1 6 March 5 0 3 1 9 Grand 6 4 6 2 18 4.8 Casualties by type of activities at the time of accident March, 2015. Month Children Adults Boy Girl Man Woman Travelling 0 0 0 1 1 Passing Standing NearBy 4 0 0 0 4 Tampering 1 0 3 0 4 Grand 5 0 3 1 9 4.9 Accidents and Victims reported by Sector March, 2015. Sectors Accidents Victims Sector 1 1 1 Sector 2 1 5 Sector 3 1 0 Sector 4 2 3 Sector 5 Sector Kismayo Outside Sectors Grand 5 9 Prepared by: UNMAS Information Management Cell Page 11 of 22
5. MINE RISK EDUCATION: 5.1 Chart MRE beneficiaries by Age Group March, 2015. 5.2 MRE Beneficiaries by Time Frame. Reporting Period Boys Girls Men Women No of Sessions March 5,217 4,382 3,389 3,413 16,401 931 2015 17,609 14,419 10,191 10,694 52,913 2,871 to Date 475,221 412,778 152,765 221,875 1,262,639 59,914 Prepared by: UNMAS Information Management Cell Page 12 of 22
5.3 MRE Beneficiaries by region and age group March, 2015. Regions Boys Girls Men Women No of Sessions Bakool 604 583 1,191 1,126 3,504 161 Banadir 1,436 1,029 236 248 2,949 115 Bay 234 226 268 176 904 45 Galgaduud 374 405 264 261 1,304 89 Gedo 410 423 236 190 1,259 95 Hiraan 686 476 500 547 2,209 122 Lower Jubba 463 514 472 755 2,204 158 Lower Shabelle 799 549 175 58 1,581 115 Middle Shabelle 211 177 47 52 487 31 Grand 5,217 4,382 3,389 3,413 16,401 931 5.4 MRE by implementing organization March, 2015. Organization Boys Girls Men Women No of Sessions SOHDO 1,436 1,029 236 248 2,949 115 Solution for Humanity 236 81 146 88 551 18 Ukroboronservice SC 3,545 3,272 2,945 3,070 12,832 778 UN Mine Action Service 0 0 62 7 69 20 Grand 5,217 4,382 3,389 3,413 16,401 931 5.5 MRE beneficiaries by Month, gender and age group 2015. Month Children Adults Boys Girls Men Women No of Sessions January 6,104 5,028 2,721 2,813 16,666 861 February 6,288 5,009 4,081 4,468 19,846 1,079 March 5,217 4,382 3,389 3,413 16,401 931 Grand 17,609 14,419 10,191 10,694 52,913 2,871 Prepared by: UNMAS Information Management Cell Page 13 of 22
5.6 MRE beneficiaries by gender, age group and target group March, 2015. Target Group Boys Girls Men Women No of Sessions IDP 382 357 515 602 1,856 99 Local Community 1,081 1,012 1,864 1,973 5,930 337 Military 0 0 200 17 217 15 NGO 8 8 98 144 258 27 Other 45 7 183 259 494 30 Police 0 0 55 0 55 5 Refugee 113 127 126 153 519 35 Students 3,588 2,871 348 265 7,072 383 Grand 5,217 4,382 3,389 3,413 16,401 931 NB: Other Imams, Journalists, AMISOM, Kenyan Police, TDI DEminers... etc. 5.7 MRE beneficiaries by gender, age group and by type of places where activity sessions conducted March, 2015. Type of Places Boys Girls Men Women No of Sessions CommunityCentre 33 23 243 322 621 35 Health Facilities 200 222 246 264 932 53 Market 77 85 304 280 746 41 MilitaryBase 0 0 200 17 217 15 Other 919 805 1,450 1,595 4,769 296 PoliceStation 0 0 55 0 55 5 Refugee IDP 341 310 466 554 1,671 85 Camp ReligiousSite 2,288 1,735 230 162 4,415 241 School 1,300 1,136 118 103 2,657 142 TeamSite 59 66 70 113 308 16 UNSite 0 0 7 3 10 2 Grand 5,217 4,382 3,389 3,413 16,401 931 Prepared by: UNMAS Information Management Cell Page 14 of 22
5.8 MRE by Sector with Beneficiaries March, 2015. Sectors Boys Girls Men Women No of Sessions Sector 1 2,235 1,578 411 306 4,530 230 Sector 2 354 392 356 329 1,431 101 Sector 3 1,248 1,232 1,695 1,492 5,667 301 Sector 4 875 659 609 647 2,790 162 Sector 5 211 177 47 52 487 31 Sector Kismayo 109 122 116 426 773 57 Not Applicable 185 222 155 161 723 49 Grand 5,217 4,382 3,389 3,413 16,401 931 Prepared by: UNMAS Information Management Cell Page 15 of 22
6. IED: 6.1 IED status by time frame: Reporting Period Explosion FALSE Find Hoax IED March 14 1 1 4 20 2015 39 2 1 10 52 to date 649 33 60 9 267 1,018 6.2 Type of IED incidents March, 2015. Hoax 0% Type of IED Incidents March, 2015 IED 20% Explosion Find 5% False 5% Explosion 70% False Find Hoax IED 6.3 Type of IED incidents by month 2015. Month Explosion False Find Hoax IED January 13 4 17 February 12 1 2 15 March 14 1 1 4 20 Grand 39 2 1 0 10 52 Prepared by: UNMAS Information Management Cell Page 16 of 22
6.4 Chart showing IED distribution by Sector March, 2015. IED Distribution by Sector March, 2015 6 5 6 5 4 4 3 3 2 1 0 Sector 1 Sector 2 Sector 3 Sector 4 0 1 1 Sector 5 Sector Kismayo Outside sectors 6.5 IED by incident categories and type of IED attacks March, 2015 Incident Category Explosion False Find Hoax IED Complex Attack 0 IED 9 4 13 Other 0 PBIED 0 Projected 0 Unknown 2 1 1 4 VBIED 3 3 Grand 14 1 1 0 4 20 Prepared by: UNMAS Information Management Cell Page 17 of 22
6.6 Chart showing IED casualties by type of target group March, 2015. IED VICTIMS BY TARGET GROUP MARCH, 2015 Civilian, 45, 49% AMISOM, 7, 8% Suspects, 18, 19% SNA, 19, 21% LA, 3, 3% NB: Legend Acronyms SNA = Somalia National Authority LA = Local Authority Casualties Civilian AMISOM SNA local Authority Suspect Injured 28 7 13 1 0 49 Killed 17 0 6 2 18 43 45 7 19 3 18 92 Prepared by: UNMAS Information Management Cell Page 18 of 22
6.7 IED reporting organization March, 2015. Organization Explosion FALSE Find Hoax IED AMISOM 7 1 1 2 11 Somali Police Force 5 2 7 UN Mine Action Service 2 2 Grand 14 1 1 0 4 20 6.8 IED by incident categories and Sectors March, 2015. Sectors Explosion False Find Hoax IED Sector 1 3 1 2 6 Sector 2 3 1 4 Sector 3 4 1 5 Sector 4 2 1 3 Sector 5 0 Sector Kismayo 1 1 Not Applicable 1 1 Grand 14 1 1 0 4 20 Prepared by: UNMAS Information Management Cell Page 19 of 22
7. OPERATIONAL DEPLOYMENTS: 7.1 Operational Deployment by Time Frame: Reporting Period MPV Ambulance FEL Vehicles Used Mine Wolf Bull Dozer Trailer AU Police UPDF Area Verification Clearance in M 2 March 4 4 2 32,803 Volume Defense Construction in M 3 2015 11 8 10 7 147,419 to date 831 726 187 71 28 3 37 19 641,954 85,519 7.2 Vehicles used during operational deployment March, 2015. Vehicles Used MPV Ambulance 4 4 FFE Bulldozer Trailer V2 0 0 0 AU Police 2 UPDF 0 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 7.3 Vehicles used by Month 2015. Month Type of Vehicles MPV Ambulance FEL Bull Dozer Trailer AU Police UPDF January 4 2 2 4 12 February 3 2 6 3 14 March 4 4 2 10 Grand 11 8 0 0 0 10 7 36 Prepared by: UNMAS Information Management Cell Page 20 of 22
7.4 Operational deployments to Infrastructures March, 2015. Infrastructure Type of Operation Deployment IED Support UXO Verification Verification /Clearance Airport/Airstrip 1 1 Government Building 1 1 Non Applicable 1 1 2 Other 1 1 1 2 5 Grand 2 1 1 0 5 9 7.5 Mechanical processing and verification by Month 2015. Month Mechanical Processing in m 3 Mechanical Verification in m 2 January 0 61,336 February 0 53,280 March 0 32,803 Grand 0 147,419 7.6 Operational deployments by Month 2015. Month Type of Operation Deployment IED Support UXO Verification Verification/Clearance January 1 1 1 4 7 February 1 7 8 March 2 1 1 5 9 Grand 2 3 2 1 16 24 Prepared by: UNMAS Information Management Cell Page 21 of 22
7.7 Operational Deployment by Sector March, 2015. Sectors Vehicles Used Area Verification Clearance in M 2 Volume Defense Construction in M 3 Sector 1 4 2,772 0 Sector 2 0 Sector 3 2 0 Sector 4 2 30,030 0 Sector 5 0 Sector Kismayo 2 1 0 10 32,803 0 END Prepared by: UNMAS Information Management Cell Page 22 of 22