Cambodia Unveils Statue Honouring Tanzanian-Born Bomb-Sniffing Rat Magawa By Kizito Makoye Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service.

Cambodia Unveils Statue Honouring Tanzanian-Born Bomb-Sniffing Rat Magawa By Kizito Makoye https://www.ipsnews.net/2026/04/cambodia-unveils-statue-honouring-tanzanian-born-bomb-sniffing-rat-magawa/ MOROGORO, Tanzania , Apr 7 2026 (IPS) - At Mazimbu village, not far from Tanzania’s Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Stephano Jaka still remembers the night he trapped and killed a rat that had been feasting on his maize cobs – stored in a meticulously woven basket designed to protect grains from rodents. “I felt a big sense of relief when I finally killed it. It had been causing huge losses to my family,” he tells IPS. Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service.