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Kavango amputees to get help

    JOHANNESBURG

    The Namibian Red Cross Society (NRCS) plans to launch a programme to assist in the rehabilitation of 89 amputees injured by landmines in the Kavango region over the past six months, ‘The Namibian’ reported.

    NRCS said the 89 people, including Angolan soldiers and civilians, had their limbs blown off by landmines between last December and May this year. It said among the amputees are young children.

    The landmines, said the reports, have in some cases been planted by suspected Angolan UNITA rebels of Jonas Savimbi, who are accused of acts of banditry in the northeast of the country.

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