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162 images Created 10 Nov 2009

REPORTAGE: Angola: Another Day of Life

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  • A diptych showing the same government building in Bié province. The first shortly after the end of the country's long civil war and the second following restoration seven years later.<br />
Kuito, Angola. 10/08/2002, 05/08/2009<br />
Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • A drilling platform and ships of the coast of Ilha do Cabo in Angola's capital city. The country is undergoing a massive rebuilding program thanks in large part to oil and diamond revenu as well as loans from the Chinese government. Much of the reconstruction of infrastructure is being realized by Chinese companies..Luanda, Angola. 06/10/2010..Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • The skyline along the waterfront of Angola's capital city is crowded with cranes and construction projects. The country is undergoing a massive rebuilding program thanks in large part to oil and diamond revenu as well as loans from the Chinese government. Much of the reconstruction of infrastructure is being realized by Chinese companies..Luanda, Angola. 06/10/2010..Photo © J.B. Russell
    Angola1009-1156.jpg
  • The skyline along the waterfront in Angola's capital city is crowded with cranes and construction projects. Following decades of conflict, the country is undergoing a massive rebuilding program thanks in large part to oil and gas revenu as well as loans from the Chinese government. Much of the reconstruction of infrastructure is being realized by Chinese companies..Luanda, Angola. 06/10/2010..Photo © J.B. Russell
    Angola1009-1170.jpg
  • Children play in a building destroyed during Angola's long civil war. Landmines and other remnents of war still kill and maim people and inhibit the country from rebuilding and developing eight years after the end of the conflict..Liangongo, Angola. 29/09/2010.Photo © J.B. Russell
    Angola1009-0400.jpg
  • A team of deminers from Mines Advisory Group (MAG) clear an area called 4 de Fevereiro where refugees returning from Congo and Zambia who have nowhere to live are being settled. The need for land is so great that some refugees are starting to build houses on land not yet cleared..Luena, Moxico Province, Angola. 22/07/2009..Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Two men building a house in a village that recently had a landmine accident. Mines Advisory Group (MAG) had previously cleared the village of mines up to a limit, but the government's "Village Reunification Program," a program that encourages people living in remote hamlets to move into larger villages so that the government can provide basic services such as education, health care, electricity and water to the population, has expanded the village, forcing people to settle on uncleared land that may be contaminated with landmines and UXO (unexploded ordinance)..Luxia, Angola. 01/10/2010.Photo © J.B. Russell
    Angola1009-0740.jpg
  • Men building new homes in Luanga 1 village, an area designated for returning refugees who have nowhere to live in the eastern province of Moxico.  The area was heavily mined during the country's long civil war. The sector was cleared of landmines by Mines Advisory Group (MAG) to allow housing development to take place..Luau, Angola. 25/07/2009..Photo © J.B. Russell
    Angola0907-0808.jpg
  • A man drawing water from the municipal water treatment plant. During the war, Luena, the provincial capital, was deprived of water for many years. Mnes Advisory Group (MAG) cleared the area around the treatment plant of landmines to enable the water authority to repair the plant and restore running water to the town..Luena, Angola. 30/07/2008..Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • A man making mud bricks to build a house in Luanga 1 village, an area cleared of landmines by Mines Advisory Group (MAG), to allow the resettlement of returning refugees after decades of civil war..Luau, Moxico Province, Angola. 25/07/2008..Photo © J.B. Russell
    Angola0907-1009.jpg
  • A young boy in an area called 4 de Fevereiro on the outskrits of the Moxico provincial capital. The area was heavily contaminated with landmines during the country's long civil war and is the region's largest minefield. Returning refugees and displaced people as well as the government's "Village Reunification Program," a program that encourages people living in remote hamlets to move into larger villages and towns so that the government can provide basic services such as education, health care, electricity and water to the population, has placed enormous pressure on the town to find safe land for people to live and to begin rebuilding their lives. Mines Advisory Group (MAG) is clearing the area of landmines and other remnents of the conflict to allow resettlement, housing and the long-term development of the country..Luena, Angola. 28/10/2010.Photo © J.B. Russell
    Angola1009-0239.jpg
  • A woman prepares a plot of land for building a house in an area called 4 de Fevereiro on the outskrits of the Moxico provincial capital. The area was heavily contaminated with landmines during the country's long civil war and is the region's largest minefield. Returning refugees and displaced people as well as the government's "Village Reunification Program," a program that encourages people living in remote hamlets to move into larger villages and towns so that the government can provide basic services such as education, health care, electricity and water to the population, has placed enormous pressure on the town to find safe land for people to live and to begin rebuilding their lives. Mines Advisory Group (MAG) is clearing the area of landmines and other remnents of the conflict to allow resettlement, housing and the long-term development of the country..Luena, Angola. 28/10/2010.Photo © J.B. Russell
    Angola1009-0289.jpg
  • Oscar Kaliata working on the house he is building on a former mine field. The area, called 4 de Feveriero, was the largest mine field in Moxico province, laid around a former military base during the country's long civil war. As refugees and displaced people began returning to the town following the end of the conflict, Mines Advisory Group began clearing the land to allow for the resettlement of returnees and housing development..Luena, Angola. 27/09/2010.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Oscar Kaliata and a neighbor working on the house he is building on a former mine field. The area, called 4 de Feveriero, was the largest mine field in Moxico province, laid around a former military base during the country's long civil war. As refugees and displaced people began returning to the town following the end of the conflict, Mines Advisory Group began clearing the land to allow for the resettlement of returnees and housing development..Luena, Angola. 27/09/2010.Photo © J.B. Russell
    Angola1009-0075.jpg
  • A man building a house in an area called 4 de Fevereiro where deminers from Mines Advisory Group (MAG) cleared landmines to allow refugees returning from Congo and Zambia who have nowhere to live to settle. The need for land is so great that some refugees are starting to build houses on land not yet cleared..Luena, Moxico Province, Angola. 22/07/2009..Photo © J.B. Russell
    Angola0907-0394.jpg
  • Oscar Kaliata in the house he is building on a former mine field. The area, called 4 de Feveriero, was the largest mine field in Moxico province, laid around a former military base during the country's long civil war. As refugees and displaced people began returning to the town following the end of the conflict, Mines Advisory Group began clearing the land to allow for the resettlement of returnees and housing development..Luena, Angola. 27/09/2010.Photo © J.B. Russell
    Angola1009-0066.jpg
  • Oscar Kaliata and a neighbor in front of the house he is building on a former mine field. The area, called 4 de Feveriero, was the largest mine field in Moxico province, laid around a former military base during the country's long civil war. As refugees and displaced people began returning to the town following the end of the conflict, Mines Advisory Group began clearing the land to allow for the resettlement of returnees and housing development..Luena, Angola. 27/09/2010.Photo © J.B. Russell
    Angola1009-0051.jpg
  • Young children eating a meager meal in Luanga 1 village. The village is located in an area cleared of landmines by Mines Advisory Group (MAG), to allow the resettlement of returning refugees after decades of civil war..Luau, Moxico Province, Angola. 25/07/2008..Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • A man sleeps in the four mud brick walls of a half-built house in a village in the eastern province of Moxico..Chifoio, Moxico Province, Angola. 23/07/2009..Photo © J.B. Rusell
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  • Families building homes in an area called 4 de Fevereiro on the outskrits of the provincial capital. The area was heavily contaminated with landmines during the country's long civil war and is the region's largest minefield. Returning refugees and displaced people as well as the government's "Village Reunification Program," a program that encourages people living in remote hamlets to move into larger villages and towns so that the government can provide basic services such as education, health care, electricity and water to the population, has placed enormous pressure on the town to find safe land for people to live and to begin rebuilding their lives. Mines Advisory Group (MAG) is clearing the area of landmines and other remnents of the conflict to allow resettlement, housing and the long-term development of the country..Luena, Angola. 28/10/2010.Photo © J.B. Russell
    Angola1009-0226.jpg
  • Families building homes in an area called 4 de Fevereiro on the outskrits of the provincial capital. The area was heavily contaminated with landmines during the country's long civil war and is the region's largest minefield. Returning refugees and displaced people as well as the government's "Village Reunification Program," a program that encourages people living in remote hamlets to move into larger villages and towns so that the government can provide basic services such as education, health care, electricity and water to the population, has placed enormous pressure on the town to find safe land for people to live and to begin rebuilding their lives. Mines Advisory Group (MAG) is clearing the area of landmines and other remnents of the conflict to allow resettlement, housing and the long-term development of the country..Luena, Angola. 28/10/2010.Photo © J.B. Russell
    Angola1009-0233.jpg
  • Families prepare a meal in their temporary homes built in an area called 4 de Fevereiro on the outskrits of the Moxico provincial capital. The area was heavily contaminated with landmines during the country's long civil war and is the region's largest minefield. Returning refugees and displaced people as well as the government's "Village Reunification Program," a program that encourages people living in remote hamlets to move into larger villages and towns so that the government can provide basic services such as education, health care, electricity and water to the population, has placed enormous pressure on the town to find safe land for people to live and to begin rebuilding their lives. Mines Advisory Group (MAG) is clearing the area of landmines and other remnents of the conflict to allow resettlement, housing and the long-term development of the country..Luena, Angola. 28/10/2010.Photo © J.B. Russell
    Angola1009-0305.jpg
  • A family outside their temporary house built in an area called 4 de Fevereiro on the outskrits of the Moxico provincial capital. The area was heavily contaminated with landmines during the country's long civil war and is the region's largest minefield. Returning refugees and displaced people as well as the government's "Village Reunification Program," a program that encourages people living in remote hamlets to move into larger villages and towns so that the government can provide basic services such as education, health care, electricity and water to the population, has placed enormous pressure on the town to find safe land for people to live and to begin rebuilding their lives. Mines Advisory Group (MAG) is clearing the area of landmines and other remnents of the conflict to allow resettlement, housing and the long-term development of the country..Luena, Angola. 28/10/2010.Photo © J.B. Russell
    Angola1009-0322.jpg
  • A woman washes dishes outside her home in an area called 4 de Fevereiro on the outskrits of the Moxico provincial capital. The area was heavily contaminated with landmines during the country's long civil war and is the region's largest minefield. Returning refugees and displaced people as well as the government's "Village Reunification Program," a program that encourages people living in remote hamlets to move into larger villages and towns so that the government can provide basic services such as education, health care, electricity and water to the population, has placed enormous pressure on the town to find safe land for people to live and to begin rebuilding their lives. Mines Advisory Group (MAG) is clearing the area of landmines and other remnents of the conflict to allow resettlement, housing and the long-term development of the country..Luena, Angola. 28/10/2010.Photo © J.B. Russell
    Angola1009-0325.jpg
  • A barrel full of water, trucked in from the river, in an area called 4 de Fevereiro on the outskrits of the provincial capital. The area was heavily contaminated with landmines during the country's long civil war and is the region's largest minefield. Returning refugees and displaced people as well as the government's "Village Reunification Program," a program that encourages people living in remote hamlets to move into larger villages and towns so that the government can provide basic services such as education, health care, electricity and water to the population, has placed enormous pressure on the town to find safe land for people to live and to begin rebuilding their lives. Mines Advisory Group (MAG) is clearing the area of landmines and other remnents of the conflict to allow resettlement, housing and the long-term development of the country..Luena, Angola. 28/10/2010.Photo © J.B. Russell
    Angola1009-0223.jpg
  • A woman in her temporary corrigated tin hut in an area called 4 de Fevereiro on the outskrits of the Moxico provincial capital. The area was heavily contaminated with landmines during the country's long civil war and is the region's largest minefield. Returning refugees and displaced people as well as the government's "Village Reunification Program," a program that encourages people living in remote hamlets to move into larger villages and towns so that the government can provide basic services such as education, health care, electricity and water to the population, has placed enormous pressure on the town to find safe land for people to live and to begin rebuilding their lives. Mines Advisory Group (MAG) is clearing the area of landmines and other remnents of the conflict to allow resettlement, housing and the long-term development of the country..Luena, Angola. 28/10/2010.Photo © J.B. Russell
    Angola1009-0244.jpg
  • Families build temporary corrigated tin homes in an area called 4 de Fevereiro on the outskrits of the Moxico provincial capital. The area was heavily contaminated with landmines during the country's long civil war and is the region's largest minefield. Returning refugees and displaced people as well as the government's "Village Reunification Program," a program that encourages people living in remote hamlets to move into larger villages and towns so that the government can provide basic services such as education, health care, electricity and water to the population, has placed enormous pressure on the town to find safe land for people to live and to begin rebuilding their lives. Mines Advisory Group (MAG) is clearing the area of landmines and other remnents of the conflict to allow resettlement, housing and the long-term development of the country..Luena, Angola. 28/10/2010.Photo © J.B. Russell
    Angola1009-0242.jpg
  • Families building homes in an area called 4 de Fevereiro on the outskrits of the Moxico provincial capital. The area was heavily contaminated with landmines during the country's long civil war and is the region's largest minefield. Returning refugees and displaced people as well as the government's "Village Reunification Program," a program that encourages people living in remote hamlets to move into larger villages and towns so that the government can provide basic services such as education, health care, electricity and water to the population, has placed enormous pressure on the town to find safe land for people to live and to begin rebuilding their lives. Mines Advisory Group (MAG) is clearing the area of landmines and other remnents of the conflict to allow resettlement, housing and the long-term development of the country..Luena, Angola. 28/10/2010.Photo © J.B. Russell
    Angola1009-0254.jpg
  • People in front of their homes in a village where a recent mine accident occurred. Mines Advisory Group (MAG) had previously cleared the village of mines up to a limit, but the government's "Village Reunification Program," a program that encourages people living in remote hamlets to move into larger villages so that the government can provide basic services such as education, health care, electricity and water to the population, has expanded the village, forcing people to settle on uncleared land that may be contaminated with landmines and UXO (unexploded ordinance)..Luxia, Angola. 01/10/2010.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Women infront of there home. The week before, a boy detonated a landmine when he climbed on a bicycle that was leaning against a tree a few meters from the house. Mines Advisory Group (MAG) had previously cleared the village of mines up to a limit, but the government's "Village Reunification Program," a program that encourages people living in remote hamlets to move into larger villages so that the government can provide basic services such as education, health care, electricity and water to the population, has expanded the village, forcing people to settle on uncleared land that may be contaminated with landmines and UXO (unexploded ordinance)..Luxia, Angola. 01/10/2010.Photo © J.B. Russell
    Angola1009-0680.jpg
  • Women clean cassava in a lake in Moxico province. Landmines around the lake have prevented scattered villages from regrouping, schools from being renovated and the area from being developed for tourism, fishing and other economic activities..Liangongo, Angola. 29/09/2010.Photo © J.B. Russell
    Angola1009-0330.jpg
  • A woman carrying a basket used for fishing in local rivers. Mines Advisory Group (MAG) had previously cleared the village of mines up to a limit, but the government's "Village Reunification Program," a program that encourages people living in remote hamlets to move into larger villages so that the government can provide basic services such as education, health care, electricity and water to the population, has expanded the village, forcing people to settle on uncleared land that may be contaminated with landmines and UXO (unexploded ordinance)..Luxia, Angola. 01/10/2010.Photo © J.B. Russell
    Angola1009-0671.jpg
  • A young girl pounding cassava into meal in Luanga 1 village, an area cleared of landmines by Mines Advisory Group (MAG), to allow the resettlement of returning refugees after decades of civil war..Luau, Moxico Province, Angola. 25/07/2008..Photo © J.B. Russell
    Angola0907-1043.jpg
  • A woman preparing food in a village where a mine accident recently occurred. Mines Advisory Group (MAG) had previously cleared the village of mines up to a limit, but the government's "Village Reunification Program," a program that encourages people living in remote hamlets to move into larger villages so that the government can provide basic services such as education, health care, electricity and water to the population, has expanded the village, forcing people to settle on uncleared land that may be contaminated with landmines and UXO (unexploded ordinance)..Luxia, Angola. 01/10/2010.Photo © J.B. Russell
    Angola1009-0721.jpg
  • A woman preparing food in a cooking hut in a village that recently experienced a landmine accident. Mines Advisory Group (MAG) had previously cleared the village of mines up to a limit, but the government's "Village Reunification Program," a program that encourages people living in remote hamlets to move into larger villages so that the government can provide basic services such as education, health care, electricity and water to the population, has expanded the village, forcing people to settle on uncleared land that may be contaminated with landmines and UXO (unexploded ordinance)..Luxia, Angola. 01/10/2010.Photo © J.B. Russell
    Angola1009-0704.jpg
  • A woman exiting a cooking hut in a village that recently had a landmine accident. Mines Advisory Group (MAG) had previously cleared the village of mines up to a limit, but the government's "Village Reunification Program," a program that encourages people living in remote hamlets to move into larger villages so that the government can provide basic services such as education, health care, electricity and water to the population, has expanded the village, forcing people to settle on uncleared land that may be contaminated with landmines and UXO (unexploded ordinance)..Luxia, Angola. 01/10/2010.Photo © J.B. Russell
    Angola1009-0708.jpg
  • A woman stands in the smoke of cooking fires at the end of the day in a village that recently had a landmine accident. Mines Advisory Group (MAG) had previously cleared the village of mines up to a limit, but the government's "Village Reunification Program," a program that encourages people living in remote hamlets to move into larger villages so that the government can provide basic services such as education, health care, electricity and water to the population, has expanded the village, forcing people to settle on uncleared land that may be contaminated with landmines and UXO (unexploded ordinance)..Luxia, Angola. 01/10/2010.Photo © J.B. Russell
    Angola1009-0715.jpg
  • Inhabitants of a village that has been cut off from surrounding towns for years because the road leading to their village was mined during the country's civil war. The region was formerly a rich agricultural zone, but the villagers have been surviving on subsistance farming because there was no way to get their produce to market. Mines Advisory Group (MAG) cleared the road  of landmines opening up the area to commerce and development..Samuhala, Angola. 29/09/2010.Photo © J.B. Russell
    Angola1009-0366.jpg
  • A small grocery store in Luanga 1 village, an area cleared of landmines by Mines Advisory Group (MAG), to allow the resettlement of returning refugees after decades of civil war..Luau, Moxico Province, Angola. 25/07/2008..Photo © J.B. Russell
    Angola0907-0954.jpg
  • David Muhinda working a mechanical mill for grinding corn, cassava and manioc into flour in the Chinunque neighborhood. The business was started by an entrepreneur to support his family and to help develop the community. The area was cleared of landmines by Mines Advisory Group (MAG) to allow housing and economic development for thousands of refugees returning after decades of war..Cazombo, Moxico Province, Angola. 27/07/2008..Photo © J.B. Russell
    Angola0907-1320.jpg
  • Children playing in Luanga 1 village, an area cleared of landmines by Mines Advisory Group (MAG), to allow the resettlement of returning refugees after decades of civil war..Luau, Moxico Province, Angola. 25/07/2008..Photo © J.B. Russell
    Angola0907-1048.jpg
  • A young boy in Luanga 1 village, an area cleared of landmines by Mines Advisory Group (MAG), to allow the resettlement of returning refugees after decades of civil war..Luau, Moxico Province, Angola. 25/07/2008..Photo © J.B. Russell
    Angola0907-1061.jpg
  • A small boy playing infront of his home. Mines Advisory Group (MAG) had previously cleared the village of mines up to a limit, but the government's "Village Reunification Program," a program that encourages people living in remote hamlets to move into larger villages so that the government can provide basic services such as education, health care, electricity and water to the population, has expanded the village, forcing people to settle on uncleared land that may be contaminated with landmines and UXO (unexploded ordinance)..Luxia, Angola. 01/10/2010.Photo © J.B. Russell
    Angola1009-0683.jpg
  • The circumcision ceremony of eight young boys in Luanga 1 village, an area designated for returning refugees who have nowhere to live in the eastern province of Moxico.  The area was heavily mined during the country's long civil war. The sector was cleared of landmines by Mines Advisory Group (MAG) to allow housing development to take place..Luau, Angola. 25/07/2009..Photo © J.B. Russell
    Angola0907-0859.jpg
  • Young boys play in the Chinunque neighborhood. The area was cleared of landmines by Mines Advisory Group (MAG) to allow housing development for thousands of refugees returning after decades of civil war..Cazombo, Moxico Province, Angola. 27/07/2008..Photo © J.B. Russell
    Angola0907-1210.jpg
  • Young boys playing football on a disused patch of ground on the outskrits of the provincial capital. Returning refugees and displaced people as well as the government's "Village Reunification Program," a program that encourages people living in remote hamlets to move into larger villages and towns so that the government can provide basic services such as education, health care, electricity and water to the population, has placed enormous pressure on the town to find safe land for people to live and to begin rebuilding their lives. Mines Advisory Group (MAG) is clearing the area of landmines and other remnents of the conflict to allow resettlement, housing and the long-term development of the country..Luena, Angola. 28/10/2010.Photo © J.B. Russell
    Angola1009-0221.jpg
  • Boys playing football on a village pitch. Mines Advisory Group (MAG) had previously cleared the village of mines up to a limit, but the government's "Village Reunification Program," a program that encourages people living in remote hamlets to move into larger villages so that the government can provide basic services such as education, health care, electricity and water to the population, has expanded the village, forcing people to settle on uncleared land that may be contaminated with landmines and UXO (unexploded ordinance)..Luxia, Angola. 01/10/2010.Photo © J.B. Russell
    Angola1009-0697.jpg
  • Boys playing football on a village pitch. Mines Advisory Group (MAG) had previously cleared the village of mines up to a limit, but the government's "Village Reunification Program," a program that encourages people living in remote hamlets to move into larger villages so that the government can provide basic services such as education, health care, electricity and water to the population, has expanded the village, forcing people to settle on uncleared land that may be contaminated with landmines and UXO (unexploded ordinance)..Luxia, Angola. 01/10/2010.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Samuhala Kashitu, the Soba (village chief) and inhabitants of Soamuhala. The village was cut off from surrounding towns for years because the road leading to their village was mined during the country's civil war. The region was formerly a rich agricultural zone, but the villagers have been surviving on subsistance farming because there was no way to get their produce to market. Mines Advisory Group (MAG) cleared the road  of landmines opening up the area to commerce and development..Samuhala, Angola. 29/09/2010.Photo © J.B. Russell
    Angola1009-0363.jpg
  • Villagers listen to a Mine Awareness Education session given by a Community Liaison Team from Mines Advisory Group (MAG) following a mine accident in the village. MAG had previously cleared the village of landmines up to a limit, but the government's "Village Reunification Program," a program that encourages people living in remote hamlets to move into larger villages so that the government can provide basic services such as education, health care, electricity and water to the population, has expanded the village, forcing people to settle on uncleared land that may be contaminated with landmines and UXO (unexploded ordinance)..Luxia, Angola. 28/10/2010.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Luis Chikua, 13 years old. The boy detonated a landmine in the middle of his village when he climbed on a bicycle that was leaning against a tree. Mines Advisory Group (MAG) had previously cleared the village of mines up to a limit, but the government's "Village Reunification Program," a program that encourages people living in remote hamlets to move into larger villages so that the government can provide basic services such as education, health care, electricity and water to the population, has expanded the village, forcing people to settle on uncleared land that may be contaminated with landmines and UXO (unexploded ordinance)..Luxia, Angola. 28/10/2010.Photo © J.B. Russell
    Angola1009-0168.jpg
  • A deminer from Mines Advisory Group (MAG), clearing an area in a village near the skeletal remains of a military mine accident victim. The area being cleared will allow the village to complete a canal project that will bring water to the village for agricultural purposes and for drinking water..Luangirico, Moxico Province, Angola. 21/07/2009..Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • A landmine accident survivor enters a room in the hospital of the provincial capital. Eight years after the end of Angola's long civil war, landmines and other remnants of the conflict continue to kill, maim and prevent socio-economic development in Angola..Luena, Angola. 28/10/2010.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Patients in the hospital of the provincial capital. .Luena, Angola. 27/09/2010..Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • João Manuel Dias lie in hospital with an amputated leg after stepping on a landmine. He spent years as a soldier and fought in the country's long civil war. He finally left the military in 2009 to return to his village where he worked as a secretary for the village administration. Then one day he walked a few meters from his house to collect some wooden poles in order to build a fence and stepped on the landmine. .Luena, Angola. 27/09/2010..Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • João Manuel Dias lie in hospital with an amputated leg after stepping on a landmine. He spent years as a soldier and fought in the country's long civil war. He finally left the military in 2009 to return to his village where he worked as a secretary for the village administration. Then one day he walked a few meters from his house to collect some wooden poles in order to build a fence and stepped on the landmine. .Luena, Angola. 27/09/2010..Photo © J.B. Russell
    Angola1009-0123.jpg
  • João Manuel Dias lie in hospital with an amputated leg after stepping on a landmine. He spent years as a soldier and fought in the country's long civil war. He finally left the military in 2009 to return to his village where he worked as a secretary for the village administration. Then one day he walked a few meters from his house to collect some wooden poles in order to build a fence and stepped on the landmine. .Luena, Angola. 27/09/2010..Photo © J.B. Russell
    Angola1009-0142.jpg
  • João Manuel Dias lie in hospital with an amputated leg after stepping on a landmine. He spent years as a soldier and fought in the country's long civil war. He finally left the military in 2009 to return to his village where he worked as a secretary for the village administration. Then one day he walked a few meters from his house to collect some wooden poles in order to build a fence and stepped on the landmine. .Luena, Angola. 27/09/2010..Photo © J.B. Russell
    Angola1009-0090.jpg
  • Alfredo Ramos Shimishi and Antonio Alexandre Shimishi, father and son are both landmine accident survivors, at their home in 4 de Fevereiro - a former mine field cleared by Mines Advisory Group (MAG) to allow the resettlement of refugees returning after nearly three decades of civil war. Alfredo's wife was also injured in a landmine accident..Luena, Moxico Province, Angola. 31/07/2009..Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Atençâo Chihango, a former soldier, stepped on a landmine during the civil war. Following the accident and rehabilitation he returned to the tiny village where he was born and where he has lived all his life. Now in his 70s, he never received help from the government and relies on family to survive..Caleji, Moxico Province, Angola. 26/07/2008..Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Alfredo Ramos Shimishi and Antonio Alexandre Shimishi, father and son are both landmine accident survivors, at their home in 4 de Fevereiro - a former mine field cleared by Mines Advisory Group (MAG) to allow the resettlement of refugees returning after nearly three decades of civil war. Alfredo's wife was also injured in a landmine accident..Luena, Moxico Province, Angola. 31/07/2009..Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Alfredo Ramos Shimishi and Antonio Alexandre Shimishi, father and son are both landmine accident survivors, at their home in 4 de Fevereiro - a former mine field cleared by Mines Advisory Group (MAG) to allow the resettlement of refugees returning after nearly three decades of civil war. Alfredo's wife was also injured in a landmine accident..Luena, Moxico Province, Angola. 31/07/2009..Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Alfredo Ramos Shimishi, a landmine accident survivor, at his home in 4 de Fevereiro - a former mine field cleared by Mines Advisory Group (MAG) to allow the resettlement of refugees returning after nearly three decades of civil war. Alfredo's son and wife were also injured in separeate landmine accidents..Luena, Moxico Province, Angola. 01/08/2009..Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Fernando Chemda, a rapid reaction team leader from Mines Advisory Group (MAG) recovers a number of unexploded ordinance along the Cangamba-Bié road where locals reported finding them. The team of deminers destroyed the items in a controlled demolition..Malichi, Angola. 05/10/2010.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • A Mines Advisory Group (MAG) mechanical demining asset clears vegetation to facilitate the clearing of landmines and UXO in 4 de Fevereiro, an area allocated for housing and development for returning refugees and people displaced by the country's long civil war. The area is the largest mine field in Moxico province and was the site of a former Cuban military encampment..Luena, Angola. 04/10/2010..Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • A deminer from Mines Advisory Group (MAG) clearing landmines and UXO in 4 de Fevereiro, an area allocated for housing and development for returning refugees and people displaced by the country's long civil war. The area is the largest mine field in Moxico province and was the site of a former Cuban military encampment..Luena, Angola. 04/10/2010..Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • A deminer from Mines Advisory Group (MAG) clearing landmines and UXO in 4 de Fevereiro, an area allocated for housing and development for returning refugees and people displaced by the country's long civil war. The area is the largest mine field in Moxico province and was the site of a former Cuban military encampment..Luena, Angola. 04/10/2010..Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • A deminer from Mines Advisory Group (MAG) clearing landmines and UXO in 4 de Fevereiro, an area allocated for housing and development for returning refugees and people displaced by the country's long civil war. The area is the largest mine field in Moxico province and was the site of a former Cuban military encampment..Luena, Angola. 04/10/2010..Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • A deminer from Mines Advisory Group (MAG) clearing landmines and UXO in 4 de Fevereiro, an area allocated for housing and development for returning refugees and people displaced by the country's long civil war. The area is the largest mine field in Moxico province and was the site of a former Cuban military encampment..Luena, Angola. 04/10/2010..Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • The technical demining team leader from Mines Advisory Group (MAG) examines a stockpile of weapons and ammunition recovered by the Angolan police and given to MAG to destroy..Luena, Angola. 30/09/2010..Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • A technical demining team from Mines Advisory Group (MAG) loading a truck with a stockpile of weapons and ammunition recovered by the Angolan police and given to MAG to destroy. The weapons and ammunition will be transported to a site outside of town for a controlled demolition..Luena, Angola. 30/09/2010..Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • A stockpile of 60 mm mortars recovered by the Angolan police and given to MAG to destroy in the back of a truck. The weapons and ammunition will be transported to a site outside of town for a controlled demolition..Luena, Angola. 30/09/2010..Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • A technical team of deminers from Mines Advisory Group (MAG) preparing a demolition for a stockpile of weapons and ammunition recovered by the Angolan police and given to MAG to destroy..Luena, Angola. 30/09/2010..Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • A technical team of deminers from Mines Advisory Group (MAG) preparing a demolition pit for a stockpile of weapons and ammunition recovered by the Angolan police and given to MAG to destroy..Luena, Angola. 30/09/2010..Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • A technical team of deminers from Mines Advisory Group (MAG) preparing a demolition pit for a stockpile of weapons and ammunition recovered by the Angolan police and given to MAG to destroy..Luena, Angola. 30/09/2010..Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • A technical team of deminers from Mines Advisory Group (MAG) preparing a demolition pit for a stockpile of weapons and ammunition recovered by the Angolan police and given to MAG to destroy..Luena, Angola. 30/09/2010..Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • A diptych showing the same apartment building in Bié province. The first shortly after the end of the country's long civil war and the second following restoration seven years later.<br />
Kuito, Angola. 10/08/2002, 05/08/2009<br />
Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • In the years following Angola's long civil war, revenu from oil and diamonds have helped rebuild the country. In the provincial capital of Moxico province, construction projects, paved roads, luxury cars and a plethora of motor bikes are signs that the post-war economy is taking hold..Luena, Angola. 05/10/2010..Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Pedestrians pass the compound of the Chinese company contracted to repair the railroad line in the provincial capital of Moxico..Luena, Angola. 29/07/2008..Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Chinese workers repair the streets of the Moxico provincial capital..Luena, Angola. 29/07/2008..Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • A woman washing laundry in the streets of the provincial capital of Moxico. After decades of conflict, the country is undergoing a vast reconstruction program..Luena, Angola. 29/07/2008..Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • A woman sweeping the streets of the provincial capital of Moxico. After decades of conflict, the country is undergoing a vast reconstruction program..Luena, Angola. 29/07/2008..Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Women washing laundry along the banks of the Luena River. The area was heavily contaminated with landmines during Angola's long civil war. Mines Advisory Group (MAG) cleared the area of landmines and other remnants of war making the river, a vital source of water for the community, safe..Luena, Angola. 02/10/2010.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Women washing laundry along the banks of the Luena River. The area was heavily contaminated with landmines during Angola's long civil war. Mines Advisory Group (MAG) cleared the area of landmines and other remnants of war making the river, a vital source of water for the community, safe..Luena, Angola. 02/10/2010.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Young boys handling hoses that pump water from the Lumeji River into tanker trucks that transport the water to the nearby town of Luena. During the country's civil war, the area around the river was heavily mined and the bridge crossing the river destroyed, depriving the town of an important source of drinking water. Mines Advisory Group (MAG) cleared the area of mines allowing the reconstruction of the bridge and the community to once again benefit from the river..Lumeji, Moxico Province, Angola. 21/07/2009..Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Water from the Lumeji River being pumped into tanker trucks that transport the water to the nearby town of Luena. During the country's civil war, the area around the river was heavily mined and the bridge crossing the river destroyed, depriving the town of an important source of drinking water. Mines Advisory Group (MAG) cleared the area of mines allowing the reconstruction of the bridge and the community to once again benefit from the river..Lumeji, Moxico Province, Angola. 21/07/2009..Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • The area around the water tower in the village was heavily contaminated with landmines during the civil war in Angola. Mines Advisory Group (MAG) cleared the area of mines allowing the tower to be renovated. The tower now provides water and public showers for the population of the village..Musseringinge, Angola. 30/09/2010.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Children drinking water from a well at the Lumege-Canjamba primary school. The area around the school was contaminated with landmines during Angola's long civil war, preventing many children from coming to school and limiting the movement of those who did. Mines Advisory Group (MAG) cleared the area of mines and other remnants of war allowing children to receive an education safely and for plans to build more class rooms to accomodate an increasing number of students who are arriving under the government's Village Reunification Program - a program that encourages families living in remote hamlets to move to larger villages so that the government can provide basic services such as education, health care, water and electricity. .Lumege Canjamba, Angola. 30/09/2010.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Members of a Community Liaison Team from Mines Advisory Group (MAG) attempt to reach a village where a mine accident occurred in order to conduct mine awareness education with villagers..Luxia, Angola. 28/10/2010.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Chinese contractors and Angolan laborers working for Sinohydro rebuilding a bridge over the Luena River in Moxico province. The Chinese government made a multi-billion dollar loan to the Angolan government who is contracting Chinese companies to rebuild the country's infrastructure devastated by decades of civil war..Luena, Angola. 02/10/2010.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Chinese contractors and Angolan laborers work on an irrigation project for large-scale agricultural production along the banks of the Luena River. China has extended multibillion dollar loans to the Angolan government and in exchange is entitled to 70% of reconstruction contracts. There are hundreds of thousands of Chinese workers spread across the country rebuilding infrastructrue devastated by decades of civil war..Luena, Moxico Province, Angola. 22/07/2009..Photos © J.B. Russell
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  • An Angolan laborer working for the Chinese company Sinohydro climbing up on a water truck on a bridge over the Luena River in Moxico province. The Chinese government made a multi-billion dollar loan to the Angolan government who is contracting Chinese companies to rebuild the country's infrastructure devastated by decades of civil war..Luena, Angola. 02/10/2010.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Chinese contractors and Angolan laborers rebuilding a bridge over the Luena River in Moxico province. The Chinese government made a multi-billion dollar loan to the Angolan government who is contracting Chinese companies to rebuild the country's infrastructure devastated by decades of civil war..Luena, Angola. 02/10/2010.Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Chinese contractors and Angolan laborers reconstruct a bridge over the Sacassange River in Moxico Province. Mines Advisory Group (MAG) cleared the road and areas around the bridge of landmines to allow rebuilding to take place. After decades of conflict, the country is undergoing a vast reconstruction program..Sacassanje, Angola. 29/07/2008..Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Chinese contractors and Angolan laborers reconstruct a bridge over the Sacassange River in Moxico Province. Mines Advisory Group (MAG) cleared the road and areas around the bridge of landmines to allow rebuilding to take place. After decades of conflict, the country is undergoing a vast reconstruction program..Sacassanje, Angola. 29/07/2008..Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • An Angolan laborer working on a Chinese run construction site rebuilding a bridge over the Sacassange River in Moxico Province. Mines Advisory Group (MAG) cleared the road and areas around the bridge of landmines to allow rebuilding to take place. After decades of conflict, the country is undergoing a vast reconstruction program..Sacassanje, Angola. 29/07/2008..Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Chinese contractors and Angolan laborers reconstruct a bridge over the Sacassange River in Moxico Province. Mines Advisory Group (MAG) cleared the road and areas around the bridge of landmines to allow rebuilding to take place. After decades of conflict, the country is undergoing a vast reconstruction program..Sacassanje, Angola. 29/07/2008..Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Chinese contractors and Angolan laborers reconstruct a bridge over the Sacassange River in Moxico Province. Mines Advisory Group (MAG) cleared the road and areas around the bridge of landmines to allow rebuilding to take place. After decades of conflict, the country is undergoing a vast reconstruction program..Sacassanje, Angola. 29/07/2008..Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Angolan laborers work on a Chinese run construction site rebuilding a bridge over the Sacassange River in Moxico Province. Mines Advisory Group (MAG) cleared the road and areas around the bridge of landmines to allow rebuilding to take place. After decades of conflict, the country is undergoing a vast reconstruction program..Sacassanje, Angola. 29/07/2008..Photo © J.B. Russell
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  • Chinese contractors and Angolan laborers reconstruct a bridge over the Sacassange River in Moxico Province. Mines Advisory Group (MAG) cleared the road and areas around the bridge of landmines to allow rebuilding to take place. After decades of conflict, the country is undergoing a vast reconstruction program..Sacassanje, Angola. 29/07/2008..Photo © J.B. Russell
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