Ethiopia Destroys Landmine Stockpile

(14 Apr 09 - RV) Ethiopia has destroyed its stockpiles of more than 54,000 anti-personnel landmines. The move comes ahead of a June deadline as set forth in the Ottawa Convention’s mine ban treaty. In 2008, 31 people and 49 others were killed by landmines in Ethiopia alone. But Firoz Alizada of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, says Ethiopia is not the worst affected nation...