Djibouti
Casualties and Victim Assistance
Casualties
In 2013, there was one media report of 11 military casualties caused by an incident when their vehicle was damaged by a suspected mine. It was not clear if the mine was detonated remotely.[1] In 2012, a young boy was injured by an antipersonnel landmine.[2]
The total number of mine/explosive remnants of war (ERW) casualties in the Republic of Djibouti is not known. The Monitor identified 85 mine casualties from 1999 to 2012, with 23 people killed and 55 injured; it is not known if the other seven casualties survived.[3]
[1] These casualties have not been included in the global total for 2013. “Un camion militaire de l'armée djboutienne a sauté sur une mine (…) bilan 11 blessés” (“A vehicle from the Djibouti army hit a mine (…) 11 injured”), Alwihdainf, 19 August 2013, accessed 30 December 2013.
[2] “Emergency Message for U.S. Citizens: Djibouti (Djibouti), Lac Assal Land Mine Causes Injury,” United States Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, 3 February 2012, accessed 12 June 2013.
[3] See ICBL, Landmine Monitor Report 2008: Toward a Mine-Free World (Ottawa: Mines Action Canada: October 2008).