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Mine kills boy

    NAIROBI

    A 10 year-old boy was killed and a second received facial injuries and lost his right hand in a land-mine accident in southern Eritrea. The United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) said that the accident was reported by Medicins Sans Frontieres-France (MSF) as having occurred in the village of Giasha, near Emberssera, about 10 km northeast of Senafe town. The UN mission is carrying out de-mining of conflict-affected areas in both countries, but has appealed to both parties to provide full land-mine information.

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