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Concern over new landmines

    JOHANNESBURG

    The Namibian Campaign to Ban Landmines (NCBL) on Wednesday expressed alarm at reports that landmines targeting people and vehicles are allegedly being planted on Namibian soil by warring Angolan government forces and UNITA rebels.

    “The NCBL is very disturbed by and extremely alarmed at incidents of new use of anti-vehicle mines (AVMs) as well as anti-personnel mines (APMs) presumably planted on Namibian soil by the Angolan warring parties,” said a statement issued by the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR). NSHR director, Phil ya Nangoloh, who is also the NCBL coordinator, added:

    “Since the arrival of Angolan forces in Namibia in November last year, mines have become a very serious menace to civilian lives especially in the now war-stricken northeastern border areas of the country.”

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