Scores of Ethiopian kids being killed or maimed by discarded explosives
Residents say the danger of landmines makes them fearful of fetching water and resuming farming
27 April 2022 - 18:50
Fifteen-year-old Eysa Mohammed was collecting water near her home in northern Ethiopia’s Afar region when an explosion underfoot tore shrapnel into her leg, making her one of a growing number of children maimed by weapons discarded in the country’s civil war...
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