Prince Harry visits Angola in repeat of Diana's iconic 1997 trip.
Prince Harry took up the patronage of HALO following his mother's passing. He recreated many of her famous photos during his first trip to the Angolan minefields in 2019, including meeting 35-year-old landmine survivor Sandra Tigica, two decades after Diana did.
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00:00Prince Harry visited Angola on Tuesday with a charity focused on clearing landmines, echoing a notable trip his mother took in 1997.
00:10Her efforts played a significant role in garnering support for a treaty that banned landmines later that same year.
00:18Harry, the Duke of Sussex, met with Angolan President Joao Lorenzo at the beginning of his visit, as stated by the Halo Trust, an organization dedicated to removing landmines from former conflict zones.
00:33James Cowan, the CEO of the Halo Trust, mentioned in a statement on Tuesday that he and Harry met with Lorenzo to talk about the ongoing demining efforts in Angola and express gratitude to the President for his backing of these initiatives.
00:51Angola endured a devastating 27-year civil war from 1975 to 2002 with only brief and tenuous periods of peace in between.
01:01Angola has set a target to be free of landmines by the end of 2025.
