On 7 June, AFP published a report titled ‘Deadly landmines pose hidden threat in Libyan capital’. The report looks at the hundreds of deadly landmines and unexploded ordnance that remain scattered across Libya and around the capital Tripoli after years of fighting. According to the US State Department, Russia’s Wagner Group, in support of Haftar's forces, had placed "landmines and boobytraps" while “retreating from the outskirts of Tripoli". Citing UN figures, the report says more than 400 people, including 26 children, have been injured or killed since 2019 in accidents linked to left-over explosive devices.
Read the full report here.