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Angola: Society and Culture: Landmines

The Landmines category encompasses sites related to the issue of Angola's landmines. In 1994 the two warring sides in the Angolan civil war signed the Lusaka peace accords and subsequently have slowly retreated from their entrenched positions. However, due to the heinous number of land mines Angola will remain a country afflicted by the scourge of war for decades to come because the devices act as a silent enemy not allowing the population to progress and rebuild. Estimates of the number of Angolan land mines range between 10 and 20 million which equates to at least 1 to 2 land mines for every person in the country. U.N. estimates put the number of Angolan amputees resulting from the silent killers at 70,000. For three decades mines were scattered in Angola's fields, villages, roads, and other unexpected places to intimidate, maim and kill innocent victims.

Source: American University.

See also:

Society: Issues: Warfare and Conflict: Weapons: Landmines

Landmines Cripple Peace in Angola - Though the fighting has stopped, the anti-personnel land-mines remain. They are in fields, on roads and alongside rivers.

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