A Somali National Army Soldier gently brushes away dirt during a course on how to detect improvised explosive devices at the General Dhagabadan Training Centre in Mogadishu in March 2024. More than 30 years of conflict have left Somalia with more than 1 million land mines and unexploded ordnance. At least 1,700 people have died from the blasts, and many more are permanently scarred or disabled. A majority of the victims are civilians. Somalia has worked with international partners to train experts in detecting and removing mines, ordnance and IEDs. Security personnel also are deploying dogs capable of sniffing out IEDs and other hazardous material.
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