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Britain is set to help save an extra 50,000 [http://Photobucket.com/images/vulnerable%20people vulnerable people] around the world from the threat of landmines.<br><br>International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt said more children than ever are dying as a result of the �cruel, indiscriminate killers�.<br><br>UK aid will help save the lives of 50,000 more people in South Sudan, Somalia, Zimbabwe, Burma and Cambodia by clearing mines from more than five million square metres of land - the equivalent of more than 19,000 tennis courts.<br><br>The �3 million of aid will also pay for an education programme for vulnerable communities about the dangers of landmines.<br><br>According to the latest figures, 2016 saw more child casualties than ever before and the highest number of total fatalities on record for more than 15 years.<br><br>More than 8,600 people were injured and more than 2,000 people killed during the year by landmines and other explosive devices left behind by conflict.<br><br>The announcement has been timed to mark International Mine Awareness Day on Wednesday.<br><br>International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt (Kirsty O�Connor/PA)<br><br>�It is unforgivable that more innocent children than ever are being maimed or killed by landmines which have been left behind by decades of devastating wars,� Ms Mordaunt said.<br><br>�Today we are extending UK aid support to help save an extra 50,000 people in future years by educating them about the dangers of mines and also by decontaminating land littered with the devices.<br><br>�This will allow the poorest people to grow crops and their children to walk to school in areas which were once off limits.<br><br>�[http://blogs.realtown.com/search/?q=Landmines Landmines] are deadly devices, that have no place in today�s world. No one should be forced to live in fear of losing a limb, their life or a child to these cruel, indiscriminate killers.<br><br>UK aid has cleared mines from 140 million square metres of contaminated land across the world, including in Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka.<br><br>In an event with Prince Harry last year the Department for International Development made a �100 million commitment to make 15 million square metres of land safe again over a three year period.<br><br>This announcement, of �3 million of UK aid to South Sudan, Somalia, Zimbabwe, Burma and Cambodia for a three-month period, [http://burmaadventuretour.com/ myanmar adventure tour] is a new allocation from this support.<br><br>It will be delivered by the Halo Trust, MAG and Norwegian People�s Aid.<br><br>Advertisement
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Burma�s military has sentenced seven personnel to 10 years in prison and hard labour as alleged accomplices in the killing of 10 Rohingya Muslims in troubled Rakhine state.<br><br>The country�s security forces carried out a brutal crackdown against the minority group in the state.<br><br>The military personnel also were permanently expelled from the army, [http://burmaadventuretour.com/ myanmar adventure tours] according to a statement released by the army chief on an official Facebook page.<br><br>File picture of Rohingya refugees (Manish Swarup/AP)<br><br>The army in January made a rare admission that its soldiers had killed 10 Rohingya villagers who were captured and accused of being �terrorists� during insurgent attacks last year in Inn Din village in northern Rakhine.<br><br>The military said its soldiers confessed to carrying out the killings.<br><br>The army�s statement said an investigative group under the military had [https://Www.behance.net/search?content=projects&sort=appreciations&time=week&search=interrogated interrogated] 21 military personnel, three police officers, 13 security forces, six civil servants and six Inn Din villagers.<br><br>It said the investigation proved that the soldiers violated the law by killing the villagers.<br><br>�For the military personnel under the Military Act 71, four military personnel and three soldiers will be sentenced to 10 years in prison with hard labour and to be permanently expelled from the army,� the statement said.<br><br>Burma�s security forces launched brutal counterattacks against Rohingya Muslims after a Rohingya insurgent group attacked police outposts on August 25.<br><br>The military called it a �clearance operation� against the terrorists, but the US and the United Nations branded it an �ethnic cleansing� after the army�s operation drove nearly 700,000 Rohingya into neighbouring Bangladesh.<br><br>The military said in a statement on December 18 that a mass grave containing 10 bodies of �Bengali terrorists� had been found on the outskirts of Inn Din village in northern Rakhine�s Maungdaw region.<br><br>Local authorities and the military have carried out an investigation since.<br><br>The government usually refers to Rohingya Muslims as �Bengalis�, a term that denies they belong to Buddhist-majority Burma and implying they are illegal migrants from Bangladesh.<br><br>At least 6,700 Rohingya Muslims were killed between August and September during the crackdown, international aid group Doctors Without Borders said in December after conducting a field survey.<br><br>Little or no information has been revealed because the Burma government has denied humanitarian workers and independent media access to northern Rakhine.<br><br>Advertisement

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Burma�s military has sentenced seven personnel to 10 years in prison and hard labour as alleged accomplices in the killing of 10 Rohingya Muslims in troubled Rakhine state.

The country�s security forces carried out a brutal crackdown against the minority group in the state.

The military personnel also were permanently expelled from the army, myanmar adventure tours according to a statement released by the army chief on an official Facebook page.

File picture of Rohingya refugees (Manish Swarup/AP)

The army in January made a rare admission that its soldiers had killed 10 Rohingya villagers who were captured and accused of being �terrorists� during insurgent attacks last year in Inn Din village in northern Rakhine.

The military said its soldiers confessed to carrying out the killings.

The army�s statement said an investigative group under the military had interrogated 21 military personnel, three police officers, 13 security forces, six civil servants and six Inn Din villagers.

It said the investigation proved that the soldiers violated the law by killing the villagers.

�For the military personnel under the Military Act 71, four military personnel and three soldiers will be sentenced to 10 years in prison with hard labour and to be permanently expelled from the army,� the statement said.

Burma�s security forces launched brutal counterattacks against Rohingya Muslims after a Rohingya insurgent group attacked police outposts on August 25.

The military called it a �clearance operation� against the terrorists, but the US and the United Nations branded it an �ethnic cleansing� after the army�s operation drove nearly 700,000 Rohingya into neighbouring Bangladesh.

The military said in a statement on December 18 that a mass grave containing 10 bodies of �Bengali terrorists� had been found on the outskirts of Inn Din village in northern Rakhine�s Maungdaw region.

Local authorities and the military have carried out an investigation since.

The government usually refers to Rohingya Muslims as �Bengalis�, a term that denies they belong to Buddhist-majority Burma and implying they are illegal migrants from Bangladesh.

At least 6,700 Rohingya Muslims were killed between August and September during the crackdown, international aid group Doctors Without Borders said in December after conducting a field survey.

Little or no information has been revealed because the Burma government has denied humanitarian workers and independent media access to northern Rakhine.

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