Updated: Wed, 24 Apr 2013
Landmines, cluster bombs and other unexploded ordnance claim thousands of lives every year. Many victims are civilians, often killed or maimed long after war has ended.
Anti-personnel mines can stay in the soil for decades, posing a threat to farmers, animal herders and children.
Along with unexploded ordnance, they present a serious impediment to resettling shattered communities at the end of a conflict.
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