To walk free of landmines in Africa

November 29th sees the opening of the first international review conference of the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty. The Nairobi Summit on a Mine-Free World will be attended by 500 World Leaders, landmine survivors, Nobel peace prize winners and other advocates of the International Campaign to ban landmines. The fact that the conference takes place in the Kenyan capital is significant. Africa is the most landmine infested continent in the world. In a special report from Ethiopia, a Video News Release looks at the extent of the problem, its impact on the local population and what is being done to rid Ethiopia of landmines. Ethiopia is infested with landmines left over from the recent war with Eritrea. A ceasefire is in place since 2000 - but the threat from the landmines remain. In fact, two million landmines are buried in the country, remnants of successive conflicts over the last 70 years.