The United States is still not ready to commit to an international treaty banning landmines which has been signed by more than 160 countries, a US official said on Monday.
More than $60bn (£36bn) has been illegally siphoned out of Uganda, Ghana, Mozambique, Kenya and Tanzania over 10 years, with most of it squirrelled away in tax havens, according to a report by financial transparency campaigners.
