The funding will be allocated to the Mines Advisory Group (MAG) and The HALO Trust to carry out demining work and risk education in the south and east of the African country.
To date, according to a statement from the British Ministry of Foreign Affairs, HALO and MAG have together cleared more than 230 million square meters of land in Angola.
In January, HALO celebrated the demining of 1,000 minefields in that African country affected by 40 years of armed conflict from the fight for independence that began in the 1960s until the end of the civil war in 2002.
In addition to Angola, the new funding from the British Government will benefit seven more countries: Cambodia, Ethiopia, Laos, Myanmar, Somalia, South Sudan and Zimbabwe.
Last year, the UK allocated 11.6 million pounds (13.55 million euros) to MAG and HALO for mine clearance projects in Ukraine and Afghanistan.
The two organizations hope to clear almost 17 million square meters of area in the 10 countries covered, freeing up land for agriculture, housing and basic social services such as schools, hospitals, water and sanitation.
Through more than 34,000 in-person education sessions on the risk of UXO, MAG and HALO hope to reach more than half a million people.
Noting that landmines are responsible for the death and injury of thousands of people annually, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Andrew Mitchell, hopes that this additional funding will save lives.
"We want to help both organizations create safe and secure environments where communities live freely without fear of the deadly threat of landmines," he said.
