The data were revealed by INAD as part of a training on Education and Mine Risk Prevention that, for two days, will transmit knowledge to trainees to raise awareness in the communities.
According to the data, released by Angop, in 2019 a total of 76 victims of non-detonated explosive devices were registered, 49 of which affected children under 15 years old, 20 of them died and others were mutilated.
INAD also indicated that between 2007 and 2017, 14,136,478 square meters of land were cleared of mines, pointing out that Lubango, capital of Huíla, is currently the focus of demining work, and since July 100 antipersonnel mines have been deactivated in the towns of Nompaca and Tundavala.
In these areas, two accidents with non-detonated explosives involving children were verified this year.
Also the municipalities of Cacula, Jamba and Matala are areas with greater danger of mine accidents, so work is being done to verify the area.
In the last five years, Angola has released 90 percent of suspected mine contamination areas, but it is still on the list of the ten most contaminated states in the world, the result of more than three decades of war.
With more than 100 square kilometers of land suspected of having landmines and other traces of weapons, 18 years after the end of the war, the country continues to register death and mutilation of its citizens.
