Landmines left behind after conflict are a deadly legacy, causing thousands of casualties every year.
In Mozambique, disposal teams risk their lives to find the tens of thousands of landmines still buried in the bush.
Now they have a group of new recruits who are proving highly efficient at sniffing out the deathtraps.
The World Cup football tournament kicks off in one week, and host South Africa is busy putting on the finishing touches. But not everyone is looking forward to the tournament. Authorites in cities including Cape Town are being accused of clearing the poor from the streets - to create a good impression for visiting fans. Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa has more.