On 27 – 28 November 2017, Handicap International will organize a two-day conference on Protecting Civilians from the Use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas in Maputo, Mozambique, bringing together the African civil society, international organisations and state delegations.
Mr Bekele Gonfa and Mr Albino Forquilha attended a workshop organized by Handicap International in early September in Geneva to form a network of African lobbyists on the use of explosive weapons in populated areas. They explain the reasons for this new commitment.
Bekele Gonfa is the director of the Survivors Recovery and Rehabilitation Organization (SRARO), an African organization that supports victims of war and all other forms of violence.
Albino Forquilha is the director of the Mozambican Force for Crime Investigation and Social Reintegration (FOMICRES), an organization that fights against all forms of violence.
According to this last report, 45,624 people were killed or injured by explosive weapons in 2016. 70% of the victims were civilians.
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