In December 2025, APOPO Ukraine completed a two-week Mine Detection Dog (MDD) Team Leader Course, strengthening national leadership for humanitarian demining operations in Ukraine. Held from Dec. 8 to Dec. 19, 2025, at APOPO’s Krasylivka Dog Training Center, the course prepared experienced dog handlers to step into team leader roles. Training focused on how to […]
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Seles, Angola, December 11, 2025 — APOPO marked the close of its 2025 demining operations in Angola with a final controlled detonation of explosive devices in the Municipality of Seles, Cuanza Sul province. The operation involved the safe destruction of 716 explosive items recovered over the course of the year through both planned clearance activities
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Siem Reap, 5 December 2025 — Twenty Mine Detection Rats, also known as HeroRATs, have successfully passed external accreditation in Cambodia, meeting International Mine Action Standards (IMAS) and confirming their readiness for operational deployment. This accreditation is the final step in a rigorous process designed to ensure that detection animals and teams meet internationally recognised
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Geneva, December 5, 2025 — APOPO participated in the 22nd Meeting of States Parties (MSP22) to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, held in Geneva from December 1–5, 2025, where we were formally accredited as an observer. The meeting brought together States Parties, mine action operators, disarmament and humanitarian organizations, and international partners to review progress
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Advancing Regenerative Farming in Tanzania APOPO’s HeroTREEs program is transforming land management through the Syntropic Agroforestry Innovation Accelerator (SAIA), a pioneering initiative dedicated to expanding regenerative agriculture across Tanzania and beyond. By combining training, research, and hands-on implementation, the Accelerator empowers farmers, students, and communities to adopt syntropic agroforestry, a farming approach that restores ecosystems
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From November 23 to 25, 2025, APOPO partnered with Kokoa Kamili to deliver Syntropic Agroforestry training for cocoa farmers in Mbingu, Morogoro Region, Tanzania. The activity was part of APOPO’s Syntropic Agroforestry Innovation Accelerator (SAIA) and served as a field test of regenerative cocoa systems designed to combine productivity with climate resilience. Kokoa Kamili is
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Paris, 2 December 2025 — APOPO participated in the 2025 Forum Data & IA, organized by Groupe La Poste, where Anna Bouchier, APOPO’s Director of European Partnerships, delivered a keynote presentation to employees and partners of the group. The Forum brought together more than 200 participants in person, with an additional 100 joining online. Attendees
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24 November 2025, Denmark – The 2025 Union World Conference on Lung Health took place in Copenhagen from 18 to 21 November, bringing together researchers, clinicians, National TB Program managers, policymakers and operational partners from around the world. APOPO participated with a delegation led by Dr. Tefera B. Agizew, Head of APOPO’s TB Department, and
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24 November, Gabela, Angola — APOPO Angola recently welcomed a delegation from Japan representing engineering company Nikken. The visitors included Chairman Makoto Amemiya, and Director of Engineering Toshiya Kudo and Technical Support Officer Mondlane Tavares, and they spent 21 and 22 November in Cuanza Sul province to understand how landmine contamination continues to affect local
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