Abstract
Decades of armed conflicts, civil war, and inter-communal conflicts have left the Sudan with widespread explosive ordnance contamination. As of 2021, over 33 square kilometres of the Sudan’s productive land is known to be affected by explosive ordnance including landmines and ERW, located in Blue Nile, South Kordofan, West Kordofan, and 5 Darfur states, covering 32 localities, 153 communities, and numbering 347 hazardous areas. Among the explosive ordnance affected states, more than 87 % of the contaminated areas are located in South kordofan state, around 6 % in the Blue Nile region, and the rest of the contamination is located in five Darfur states and in West Kordofan stat, especially in contested Abyei region (Abyei is a contested region on the border of South Sudan and the Sudan). Mine action activities are ongoing in newly accessible areas in Blue Nile state, indicating heavy explosive ordnance contamination there yet to be surveyed and cleared.
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