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Casualty Overview
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All known casualties by end 2010 |
343 mine/ERW casualties (75 killed; 268 injured) |
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Casualties in 2010 |
12 (2009: 56) |
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2010 Casualties by outcome |
3 killed; 9 injured (2009: 12 killed; 44 injured) |
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2010 Casualties by device type |
10 antivehicle mines; 2 other ERW |
In 2010, the Monitor identified 12 new mine and explosive remnants of war (ERW) casualties in Niger, a significant decrease from the 56 casualties in 2009 and the 155 in 2008.[1] All 12 casualties were civilians, a shift from the casualty profile in 2007–2009, when the majority were security forces.[2] Casualties included two men, two women, two boys, two girls, two children of unknown gender, and two unidentified persons. Antivehicle mines caused 10 casualties (three killed; seven injured), and a shell injured two girls. As in previous years, all casualties occurred in the Agadez region of northern Niger.
In 2010, the National Commission for the Collection and Control of Illicit Weapons (Commission Nationale pour la Collecte et le Contrôle des Armes Illicites, CNCCAI) reported that the cumulative number of mine/ERW casualties in Niger was 319 (66 killed; 253 injured). However, this figure includes only those casualties identified from 2007 to 2009, the period during which the majority of casualties in Niger occurred.[3] Between 1999 and the end of 2010, the Monitor identified a total of 343 mine/ERW casualties (75 killed; 268 injured). This includes 12 casualties identified prior to 2007 and 12 in 2010.[4]
Victim Assistance
The total number of mine/ERW survivors in Niger is at least 268.[5]
CNCCAI is the government focal point for victim assistance but, due to lack of funds, its role has been largely limited to advocacy within the government on behalf of survivors. The Ministry of Population and Social Reforms serves as the government focal point on disability issues. Niger lacks a specific victim assistance plan, but victim assistance is mentioned in the Anti-Mine Action Plan 2009–2013.[6]
Victim assistance services are severely limited, particularly in the Agadez region, where most survivors are. Handicap International (HI) launched a victim assistance program in 2010 and the ICRC continued to support national capacity for physical rehabilitation.
Niger ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol on 24 June 2008.
[1] Casualties have declined steadily since the May 2009 cease-fire, which ended the conflict in the Agadez region of the country. Email from Xavier Joubert, Programme Director Burkina Faso/Niger, HI, 9 March 2011; email from Allassan Fousseini, Consultant, CNCCAI/UNDP, 4 May 2010; email from Kotoudi Idimama, Specialist in Communications for Development, UNICEF Niger, 25 February 2011; and ICBL-CMC, “Country Profile: Niger,” www.the-monitor.org, 1 March 2011.
[2] ICBL-CMC, “Country Profile: Niger,” www.the-monitor.org, 1 March 2011.
[3] Email from Allassan Fousseini, CNCCAI/UNDP, 10 March 2010.
[4] ICBL, Landmine Monitor Report 2004: Toward a Mine-Free World (New York: Human Rights Watch, October 2004), www.the-monitor.org.
[5] Emails from Allassan Fousseini, CNCCAI/UNDP, 10 March 2010; Xavier Joubert, HI, 9 March 2011; Allassan Fousseini, CNCCAI/UNDP, 4 May 2010; Kotoudi Idimama, UNICEF Niger, 25 February 2011; and ICBL-CMC, “Country Profile: Niger,” www.the-monitor.org, 1 March 2011.
[6] ICBL-CMC, “Country Profile: Niger,” www.the-monitor.org, 1 March 2011.
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