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Injury to child draws attention to land mines

    ABIDJAN

    A 12-year-old child lost an eye last week after picking up a land mine at Yams Farm on the outskirts of Freetown, Sierra Leone, according to Save Heritage and Rehabilitate the Environment (SHARE), a non-governmental body.

    Elvis Hallowell, SHARE's executive director, told IRIN: "We are worried about the land mines and unexploded ordnance which have not yet been revealed."

    Only some of the mines sown during the civil war have been removed. "For sustainable peace in Sierra Leone all warring factions should disclose their land mine positions," said Lieutenant Colonel T.N. Momodu of the Sierra Leone Defence Headquarters.

    [See separate item titled 'SIERRA LEONE: Land mine casualty causes concern']

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