Angola: Over 100.000 children might become orphans by 2005 – minister

Over 100.000 children might become orphans by the year 2005, due to the growing proliferation of HIV/Aids, said the Angolan Minister of Welfare and Social Reintegration, Joao Baptista Kussumua. According to the minister, three decades of the war have left a "serious humanitarian legacy", which continues to cause the death of more than 180.000 children aged between 0 and 5 years old, due to difficulties in accessing health services and water, and poor food, personal and family hygiene, and housing conditions.