non è detto che le mine si trovino sempre al solito posto:
While Niger’s political situation stabilized somewhat in December 1999 when a new government was inaugurated, non-state actors in the north and east of the country continue to be active, including the Tuareg and Toubou rebels. Antipersonnel mines have been used in the past, allegedly by both the Niger Armed Forces and the rebels. Although there have been new victims to uncleared mines, Landmine Monitor could not establish if these were victims from mines laid in 1999 and 2000 or from mines laid before this time. According to an NGO called “Democracy 2000,” the Sahara Revolutionary Armed Forces (comprising FARS and Toubou rebels) laid AP mines to protect their bases in the Aïr mountains in the north and central regions of the country and in the Ténéré area of in the Sahara desert.[2]
Peace agreements signed with the FARS Toubou rebellion in N’Djaména in 1998 included provisions for demining of the northern areas of Niger affected by mines, but no mine clearance is believed to have taken place yet. Niger is mine-affected not only from recent armed conflict, but also from mine-laying dating back to World War Two.
The Niger Armed Forces kept records of mine victims in 1999 but exact details are not publicly available. Democracy 2000 told Landmine Monitor that five people were maimed by AP landmines and cared for at the Gamkallé military garrison in Niamey, and that a civilian truck hit an AT mine near the Libyan border, causing the death of at least three people.[
in pratica mine sono state spostate o messe per difendere l'accesso a basi di ribelli & C.
da notare che nella zona a sud di waw en namous per decine e decine di chilometri in ampiezza tracce dei camion- convogli di contrabbandieri (scortati da pick up con armamento pesante che non esitano ad attaccare pattuglie isolate)gente attrezzata con telefoni satellitari e gps,che controlla tutto ciò che si muove (per evitare le pattuglie),se non si vuole proprio evitare la zona ,avere una buona guida che corra il rischio mine costa moolto di più delle normali tariffe
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