DR Congo: Hidden killers on the loose
KINSHASA, 16 April 2008 (IRIN): The full extent of the threat posed by landmines and other unexploded ordnance in the DR Congo (former Zaire) is unknown but the deadly weapons are a daily concern for tens of thousands of displaced people in the east.
– Mines and UXOs (unexploded ordnance) are strewn all over the countryside. They are among the most pernicious (ødelæggende/ondartede) consequences of the armed conflict, Francesca Fontanini, external relations officer for the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in the vast central African country said.
The mines and UXOs, according to the agency, could affect the return and reintegration of an estimated 800.000 people displaced by years of fighting in North Kivu.
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