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Namibia:
Namibia
is a Southern African nation situated off the South Atlantic
Ocean, to the north of South Africa and west of Botswana. The
country
was the former German Colony of South-West Africa prior to the
First World War. At the end of the war, it was occupied by neighboring
South Africa and administered as a mandate territory until the
end of the 2nd World War.
The South African Republic continued
to administer the territory after this despite its claims not
being recognized internationally. In 1966 SWAPO (South-West
Africa People’s
Organization), a Marxist Guerilla group which was led by the country’s
first President Sam Nujoma launched an armed struggle for independence.
In 1988, South Africa agreed to secede from Namibia and full
independence under a United Nations peace plan was granted on
the 21st of March
1990.
Namibia has since its independence been a relatively peaceful
and stable nation. The country is blessed with mineral wealth
and is presently the fifth largest producer of Uranium.
Administration:
The country is divided into the thirteen administrative regions
of; aprivi, Erongo, Hardap, Karas, Khomas, Kunene, Ohangwena,
Okavango, Omaheke, Omusati, Oshana, Oshikoto, Otjozondjupa; with
Windhoek as its capital city.
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