Angola: Over a Billion Square Metres Cleared of Landmines

The Angolan Social Welfare minister, OJoão Baptista Kussumua,announced Friday in central Huambo province that about 1.2 billion square metres of farming and reserve land have been cleared of landmines across the country.

The minister was addressing a ceremony that opened the broad extraordinary meeting of the Executive Demining Commission.

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