CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Prince Harry visited the African nation of Angola on Tuesday with a land mine clearing charity, repeating a well-known journey his mom made in 1997.
Harry, the Duke of Sussex, met with Angolan President João Lourenço on Tuesday firstly of his journey, in response to an announcement from the Halo Belief, a company that works to clear land mines from outdated warzones.
Princess Diana visited Angola with the Halo Belief in January 1997, simply seven months earlier than she was killed in a Paris automotive crash.
Diana was famously photographed on that journey sporting protecting tools and strolling by an energetic minefield throughout a break in preventing in Angola’s lengthy civil conflict.
Her advocacy helped mobilize help for a treaty banning land mines later that yr.
He additionally visited the southern African nation in 2019 for a land mine clearing mission. British media reported that Harry traveled to Angola this week with out his spouse Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex.
Halo Belief CEO James Cowan stated in an announcement Tuesday that he and Harry met with Lourenço to debate continued demining efforts in Angola and thanked the president for his help for that work.
Angola was torn aside by a 27-year civil conflict, which lasted from 1975 to 2002, with some temporary and fragile durations of peace in between.
The Halo Belief says there are estimates that round 80,000 Angolans have been killed or injured by land mines throughout and after the conflict, though there aren’t any precise figures. The group says simply over 1,000 minefields overlaying an estimated 67 sq. kilometers (26 sq. miles) nonetheless wanted to be cleared on the finish of 2024.
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Angola had set itself a objective to be land mine-free by 2025.
