The past is scary, but the upcoming elections in Angola on September 5th has every possibility to turn a new page in the country’s history Read more...

The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Danida) has granted 24 million DKK for DanChurchAid’s HMA programmes in Africa and Asia.

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Three years ago a truck overturned in Angola claiming nine lives - the most tragic accident in the historiy of DanChurchAid Read more...

Finnish report from DanChurchAid’s Humanitarian Mine Action project in Eastern Angola Read more...

Recent flooding in Luanda, Benguela and other western Angolan provinces have resulted in the deaths of some 90 people and have contributed to a worsening cholera outbreak. Read more...

Development of the mine clearance system WADS enters a new and exciting phase. During the past twelve months, the big mine clearance system WADS has been tested in very difficult areas in eastern Angola. When the system is fully developed, the WADS should be able to clear roads much faster than ever before and thus open areas for development and traffic. And the need is huge in the country stricken by civil war for decades. Read more...

After many months of hard work, the new DanChurchAid demining team in Angola is now ready to do their first official hand-over of a piece of land. With detectors, small shovels, brushes, and hands, the 40 deminers have inch by inch gone through every spot of the more than 3.3 hectare large area. Read more...

On 6 October 2005, the system for road verification went operational and the Wide Area Detection System (WADS) survey crew started surveying the Luena–Lucusse road in Angola. Read more...

In April 2002, peace finally came to Angola after almost 30 years of civil war. The civil war cost the lives of almost one million people, drove four million to flee internally and sent an additional 465,000 fleeing to neighbouring countries. Read more...