Angola

Angola will not meet its current Article 5 clearance deadline and in 2025 it requested a further five-year extension to 2030. Survey and clearance output both dropped substantially in 2024 from 2023, but Angola should be able to meet the annual land release targets set out in the extension request given past performance. However, persistent challenges such as falling survey output, discovery of unrecorded contamination, and limited deployment of public operators poses risks to timely completion. The government’s pledge of US$240 million to support demining, with funding going primarily to the national mine action authority (NMAA) and public operators, will be critical if Angola is to meet its new deadline.

• Angola should ensure all demining operators rigorously apply land release principles to reduce clearance of uncontaminated areas and improve efficiency.

• Angola should ensure that public operators, including the National Demining Centre (CND) and the Angolan Army Demining Brigades, align their activities with the country’s obligations under Article 5 of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC). All survey and clearance data, including those generated by the CND, should be integrated into the national Information Management System for Mine Action (IMSMA). Coordination between the national mine action authority (ANAM) and the CND should be strengthened to promote consistent reporting and compliance with national standards.

• Angola should finalise its residual risk management strategy and the national mine action standard (NMAS) for management of residual contamination.

• The Angolan government should sustain funding for international operators as well as public operators to increase operational capacity.

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