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/ 4 May 2006

Ethiopia increases efforts to clear landmines

Amere Arega walked gingerly across the cracked earth along the tense border between Ethiopia and Eritrea, searching for unexploded landmines — a legacy of conflicts that have ravaged the Horn of Africa for the past 70 years. Amere is part of an increased effort by donor agencies, the European Union and others to de-mine the area.