Afghanistan
The final report was submitted for review by the government of Afghanistan.

Angola
As of the end of May, the LIS had identified 17,410 communities in Angola. Survey staff visited 3,171 of these communities of which 1,402 were identified as impacted. Surveying has been completed in 13 of the 18 provinces in Angola, covering 379 of the country’s 555 communas. Due to a funding shortfall, however, activity on the survey will be reduced over the coming months. During this time, the HALO Trust will conduct Preliminary Opinion Collection in Kuando Kubango; InterSOS will continue surveying in Namibe, and MAG will continue surveying in Lunda Sul.
 
SAC extends its heartfelt appreciation to the SAC field team, led by Uli Tietze, for their superb work during the survey. Uli and Begona Fontan Pena will leave Luanda. Mohammad Qasim and Antonio Muhungo continue on with UNDP. SAC would also like to acknowledge and thank all the NGOs for their dedication on this project.

Eritrea
The final report has been distributed and is downloadable from our website. We will attempt to reduce the file sizes in the near future to make the downloads quicker. Click here for the webpage that contains links to these documents.

Ethiopia
Ethiopian Mine Action Office (EMAO) is reviewing the final report.

Somalia (Phase 2: Bari, Nugaal and Mudug Regions)
Team Leader Almedina Komic and GIS & Database Officer Neven Redzic were in Takoma Park from 23-27 May to complete the drafting of the final report. The draft was then submitted to an editor for copy editing. It will be submitted to the State of Puntland authorities in June.

Survey Action Center
The LIS Explorer Online V1.0 was released on 10 May with Senior Information Officer Craig Williams conducting a demonstration of it at the LSN/CDC Victim Integration Conference at the DC Hyatt Hotel. This tool allows the mine action community interactive access to five LIS databases at this time. Improvements to this tool shall be announced from time to time from this newsletter and the SAC website.