Serb mercenaries -- hired to fight alongside the Zairean army -- planted thousands of landmines back in 1996 on footpaths all around the country's airport.<br /><br />Now, years later as the nation hopes to move forward - the scourge of munitions buried beneath the earth, lies in wait to claim another victim or limb.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri reports from Kisangani on how the country is trying to reclaim its lands.
