{"id":9560,"date":"2015-09-17T18:02:35","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T18:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=9560"},"modified":"2015-09-18T05:14:47","modified_gmt":"2015-09-18T05:14:47","slug":"mozambique-landmines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/mozambique-landmines","title":{"rendered":"Mozambique Is Officially Landmine Free\u00a0After Two Decades Of Clearance Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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A British charity called Halo Trust led the effort to clear the country of mines; they report that nearly 171,000 landmines were removed and the last one was taken from the base of a railway bridge placed right in the center of the nation. It took over two decades, but the charity states that Mozambique is the first time \u00a0a big country full of mines was completely cleared.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Improved infrastructure<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Several mines were in important places for infrastructure, like dams, bridges and electricity pylons. Not only did the scattered landmines hinder infrastructure, but the unusable land also harmed the economy. With meters of land cleared of the deadly devices, the country&#8217;s authorities hope that agriculture will be able to grow. The mines injured and killed so many innocent civilians, including children; now, the land is much safer for them. People will be able to spread across the land and informally claim different areas to farm.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I am happy that nobody else will end up like me. I am happy because people can carry on their lives without fearing the menace of the landmines,&#8221; said 29-year-old Jose Chiango,\u00a0who lost his right leg to a landmine.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>No one knows the exact number of casualties caused by landmines in Mozambique. A\u00a0major report written in 1994 by Human Rights Watch states that landmines claimed between 10,000 to 15,000 victims. 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