Zimbabwe: 87pc wartime landmines removed

So far 87 percent of all wartime landmines have been removed and the Government hopes to have the last out by 2025, Minister of Defence Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri told her Ministry’s strategic planning workshop being held in Mutare this week.

“We are going ahead with the removal of landmines countrywide and aiming at making Zimbabwe landmine-free by 2025,” she said. “We hope that this will save lives and also enable development initiatives to go ahead unhindered in the affected areas