Unexploded Weapons in Mozambique

The following article is from the New York Times. I think that it is good for us to be aware of what is going on around the world, and this happening close to the Maputo, where I will be living for the next two months.
For those of you that are not aware, Mozambique had a civil war being fought for close to 20 years, and the two sides finally signed a peace treaty in 1994. The government is still working to clean the country of the after effects of having a war fought on their homeland over 10 years after the war has ended.

Fears Linger in Mozambique Over Unexploded Weapons

MAPUTO, Mozambique — One recent steamy morning, in a field on the outskirts of this capital, seven soldiers under the watchful eye of a military engineer took turns digging a hole deep enough to stand in. A suspicious depression in the sand suggested that a rocket or artillery shell might be buried there.
The team’s only tools were spades and shovels. They had no protective clothing, no special training, no metal or weapon detectors. One soldier worked in blue flip-flops; another puffed on an occasional cigarette.
They uncovered a 330-pound, five-foot-long, unexploded artillery shell, hauled it out of the ground with a chain and loaded it into the back of a four-by-four, cushioning it on a bed of sand. Then, feet propped on the shell’s exterior, they headed back along a bumpy dirt road to a military base. To read more ...