Africa-Press – Angola. Five million, 119 thousand and 551 square meters of surface were demined from January to December this year, in the province of Zaire, by the National Demining Institute (INAD).
Of the demined areas, the highlight goes to the area where the future fertilizer factory will be installed in the municipality of Soyo, the perimeter of the future Luvo customs logistics platform and the space where the Mbanza Kongo international airport is being built.
The data were released on Friday by the representative of the demining agency in Zaire province, Lourenc̀§o Antunes, during an act of destruction of unexploded ordnance, which took place in the village of Mbanza Mazina, on the outskirts of the city of Mbanza Kongo.
During the demining actions, he said, 14 anti-personnel mines, an anti-tank mine, 1,980 uxos and 2,119 different types of ammunition were removed and destroyed.
Lourenc̀§o Antunes said that in some locations in the municipality of Mbanza Kongo, a campaign to raise awareness of the population called “education on the risk of mines” is taking place, with 591 people from the villages of Nkoko, Sumpi and Dobo having already been sensitized.
For next year, the source said that actions to raise awareness and educate the population about the risk of mines will be aimed at the communes of Kindege and Kibala Norte, in the municipality of Nzeto.
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