Prince Harry has walked in the footsteps of his late mother Diana through the sites of former minefields in Angola on the fifth day of his trip to Africa.
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Harry visited a landmine detonation field in the town of Dirico in collaboration with British charity Halo Trust.
Dressed in a blue splinter vest, he personally helped to destroy one of the mines that have remained in the southern African nation's soil after 25 years of civil strife.
During his three-day stay in Angola, the Duke of Sussex visited the northern city of Huambo, where an iconic picture was taken of Princess Diana in 1997 in which she walked through a minefield.
"It has been emotional retracing my mother's steps along this street 22 years on," Harry said on Friday.
"Being here on this transformed and bustling street - the site where my mother once walked through a live minefield - shows the tremendous impact that clearing landmines has on communities and their futures."
Prince Harry called on the international community to redouble its efforts in Angola, where more than 1000 minefields have not yet been cleared.
The Duke of Sussex spoke about how, typically, the most vulnerable are at greatest risk, and how thousands of parents in Angola have to choose between cultivating mine-infested land or letting their families starve.
"Let us consign these weapons to the history books for good," he said.
Harry visited Botswana on Thursday to help 200 children plant new trees in the Chobe Forest Reserve to combat climate change.
The prince is on a 10-day visit to southern Africa, together with wife Meghan and their four-month-old son Archie, who have remained behind in South Africa.
Harry will travel to Malawi after Angola and then reunite with Meghan in South Africa on October 1, a day before they wrap up their trip in Johannesburg.
Australian Associated Press