James Cowan on clearing landmines and the legacy of conflict
Head of landmine-clearing NGO explains how the explosives nonetheless kill in peacetime and why the world is failing to scrub up its wars.
Lengthy after wars finish, landmines proceed to kill. James Cowan – CEO of The HALO Belief, a landmine-clearing humanitarian group – joins Discuss to Al Jazeera to debate the human value of unexploded weapons in Gaza, Sudan, Afghanistan and past. From army neglect to donor fatigue, Cowan warns that the world is fast to fund battle however gradual to put money into restoration. As civilians threat dying simply strolling to highschool, is the worldwide group failing to scrub up after conflict?
