Ondjiva — At least 175 anti-tank and 258 anti-personnel landmines were collected and destroyed from Janeiro of 2007 to February of 2008 in the districts of Cuvelai, Curoca, Kahama, Kwanhama, Namacunde and Ombandja, southern Cunene province.

According to the executive coordinator of provincial demining commission, Jerónimo Haleinge, in the same period, the authorities had collected 53,551 explosive devices, in a campaign part of the national programme on landmine clearance, aiming at reducing the accidents caused by these deadly devices in order to guarantee free flow of people and goods.

The source said that about 52,089 square metres of land have been cleared off landmines.

Jerónimo Haleinge referred that the works were carried out by the National Institute of Demining (INAD), Angolan Armed Forces (FAA), Rocand, Sedita and MGM.