Angola: Mining and Street Vending Exacerbate Child Labor in Huila

Lubango — The National Children’s Institute (INAC) denounced Tuesday the worsening use of minors in gold mining in Jamba and Chipindo municipality, central Huila province, a practice that represents one of the most flagrant forms of child labor in the region.

This action, according to INAC director Inês Pimentel, has already resulted in the death by burial of two children aged nine and 11, two months ago, in the municipality of Jamba, 315 kilometers east of Lubango.

Speaking to ANGOP about the…