The number of people killed and injured by landmines and improvised explosive devices has hit an alarming 10-year high, as international funding to clear mines has sunk to the lowest level in a decade, a new report finds. In 2015, the organization recorded 6,461 victims, a 75 per cent increase from the year before and the highest recorded total since 2006. He hopes to see the job finished by 2025, which is the goal set by signatories to the Ottawa Treaty. The report notes the escalating use of landmines and booby traps by militant groups including ISIS in Iraq and Boko Haram in Nigeria. In the case of Iraq, the number of related deaths and injuries is likely under-recorded due to complexities of accurately reporting, it says.

Source: CBC News November 22, 2016 16:00 UTC