If there was ever a candidate for an obscure question on a television quiz show, it’s the Caprivi Strip in northern Namibia. A classic panhandle, the ultra-narrow strip separates Botswana and Angola ...
You might have noticed the Caprivi Strip on a globe or atlas—it’s that 280-mile-long panhandle of Namibia stretching improbably eastward toward Zimbabwe. Of all the weird African borders caused by the ...
AUGUST 2 2009 marks a decade since a failed secessionist rebellion in the Caprivi caused havoc. The spectre was over within a few days, during which the security organs of the state, in a heavy-handed ...
Opinion - Namibia may perform well in rankings on human rights and democracy, Henning Melber tells Pambazuka News, but its response to the secession attempt in the Caprivi region ten years ago remains ...
If there was ever a candidate for an obscure question on a television quiz show, it’s the Caprivi Strip in northern Namibia. A classic panhandle, the ultra-narrow strip separates Botswana and Angola ...