Zimbabwe: Government committed to a landmine-free nation


Zimbabwe on Thursday held belated commemorations for International Day for Mine Awareness in Harare amid calls for increased funding to demining operations for the country to achieve total freedom, 44 years after the liberation war ended.

The settler regime laid huge minefields of anti-personnel mines along the borders 6 percent of these unmapped fields are still there and the mines are still active. The day is commemorated every 4th of April to raise awareness on mine removal and remind the population of the danger that landmines pose all over the world.

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Source: The Herald