21.   Antipersonnel mines have been used in eight conflicts in Africa over the past year, more than any other continent, Landmine Monitor said.

22.   Anti-tank mines were used in the demolitions in the villages of Juricke and Donja Mahala, just west of Serb-controlled Prijedor, in northwestern Bosnia.

23.   Anti-personnel mines were widely used during conflicts between U.S.-backed forces and leftist groups in Central America.

24.   Attacks on Russian servicemen in Dagestan, often using road mines, have grown frequent in recent years.

25.   Both Hutu rebels of the Council for the Defense of Democracy, CNDD, and the Tutsi-dominated military use mines.

26.   But some countries say they need to continue using the mines to counter specific threats.

27.   Despite pledges by the government that it has stopped using mines, both sides are known to still plant the devices as they attempt to protect newly captured territory.

28.   It was the first time anti-tank mines have been used in the center of Bujumbura.

29.   It concludes that using mines to defend long borders or military installations is ineffective unless time consuming and expensive observation is also carried out.

30.   Landmine Monitor said it believed that non-signatories Democratic Republic of Congo, Israel, Nepal and Kyrgyzstan were also using anti-personnel mines.