There are not only sandy dunes in the landscape of the Western Sahara desert. Since 1976, an unknown quantity of Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) lay scattered across the vast territory.

This year - on its 30th anniversary - the theme of the United Nations International Day of Peace is "Peace and Democracy: make your voice heard".

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara and Head of MINURSO, Hany Abdel-Aziz, and MINURSO Force Commander, Major-General Abdul Hafiz, paid a visit to the military authorities ...