00:00In Sudan's Katoum, litters of explosive remnants are still risking lives.
00:06A number of people have now volunteered to be de-miners,
00:11risking their lives as they use metal detectors to deactivate or detonate some of the bombs.
00:17The team is headed by Joma Ibrahim.
00:21After we began our work, we faced obstacles with the arrival of autumn
00:25and the increase in mud as a result of the rains, which require us to double our efforts.
00:31Despite these challenges, we can say that 80% of the area has been cleared.
00:36Authorities say they have cleared tens of thousands of explosives across the capital.
00:41So far, more than 12,000 pieces of explosive ordnance have been removed.
00:47The area we are currently working on covers 44,189 square metres.
00:53We have cleared sections containing gravels and interlocking paving stones, which are now safe.
01:01Today, we have successfully cleared more than 30 square metres.
01:07Katoum was already believed to be contaminated by massive amounts of unexploded ordnance,
01:13mainly rockets and shells that never went off.
01:17It's been five months since operations began.
01:23The work is still ongoing.
01:25We have discovered large quantities of mines and operations continue.
01:31Thankfully, we are still alive.
01:34More than 1.8 million people have returned to Katoum since the army recaptured it,
01:41mostly to safe areas that have been cleared.
01:46It's been experienced with her own Therefore, glory from our disposal.
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