A family from Smara injured by the explosion of an anti-personnel mine

23 years after the establishment of the ceasefire between Morocco and the Polisario, the Sahara war continues to kill and handicap innocent people, through anti-personnel mines laid long ago here and there in the vast desert of southern Morocco. This is the case of a family from Smara who, out on an excursion in the family vehicle, almost perished following the explosion of a mine.This regrettable incident, which is not the first of its kind and will certainly not be the last despite the demining campaign launched in the Southern provinces since 15 January 2007, has allowed for the recovery of more than 18,451 anti-tank and anti-personnel mines and the destruction of 15,266 explosive devices. It is enormous, but we have not, for all that, come to the end of the hundreds of thousands, or even millions, of these engines of death.According to a report established by the Minister Delegate t…