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Namibia
A Dictionary of British History
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Namibia After much missionary activity, South West Africa was annexed by Germany in 1884. After the First World War, the territory was administered as a mandate by South Africa. In 1966 the United Nations ended the mandate but South Africa retained control in the face of an increasing guerrilla war, waged by the South West Africa People's Organization. In 1990 the territory became independent and a SWAPO government was established.
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Namibia teeters on edge of Angolan war
Newspaper article from: New Pittsburgh Courier; 12/18/1999; 700+ words
; Namibia teeters on edge of Angolan war Fighting...hit a Namibian village, wounding eight. Namibia's defense minister told Reuters a week...would not be allowed to attack UNITA from Namibia, he added. But this week, Namibia...
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Namibia : IBM Mainframe Deployed in Namibia for the First Time.
News Wire article from: TendersInfo; 11/25/2009; 700+ words
; ...Byline: Mamta03 First National Bank of Namibia Ltd has selected IBM ( IBM) to help the...deployment of mainframe technology in Namibia. Implementation of the IBM system was completed this month and forms part of FNB Namibia's $15 million project to localize its...
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Telecom Namibia Becomes First Service Provider in Emerging Africa to Achieve Cisco Powered Program Membership Status.
PR Newswire; 10/10/2007; 700+ words
; WINDHOEK, Namibia, October 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - Cisco Recognizes Namibia Telecom for Commitment to Network Quality by...Wide. Cisco(R) announced today that Telecom Namibia has become the first service provider in Emerging...
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Namibia : Namibia s banking sector opens up.
News Wire article from: TendersInfo; 8/29/2009; 700+ words
; ...of the financial sector and rousing of Namibia's seemingly sleepy financial sector...service delivery, analysts have said. Namibia's banking sector has been traditionally...the urban markets. In fact, calls by Namibia's central bank and government for the...
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NAMIBIA: GLOBAL INTEREST IN NUCLEAR POWER BOOSTS LOCAL MINES.
News Wire article from: Interpress Service; 9/9/2008; 700+ words
; By Brigitte Weidlich WINDHOEK, Namibia, Sep. 9, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- The worldwide...energy, precipitating a uranium mining boom in Namibia. With around 3,800 tons of annual production, Namibia is the world's sixth largest uranium producer...
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NAMIBIA/EU: NEGOTIATORS PREPARE TO REVISIT TRADE DEAL IN 2008
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 1/24/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...English News Wire 01-24-2008 WINDHOEK, Namibia, Jan. 23, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Namibia held out longer than the majority of its counterparts...squeezing some concessions from Brussels. Namibia and South Africa initially refused to sign...
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NAMIBIA/EU: NEGOTIATORS PREPARE TO REVISIT TRADE DEAL IN 2008.
News Wire article from: Interpress Service; 1/24/2008; 700+ words
; By Brigitte Weidlich WINDHOEK, Namibia, Jan. 23, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Namibia held out longer than the majority of its counterparts...thereby squeezing some concessions from Brussels. Namibia and South Africa initially refused to sign in early...
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NAMIBIA: $31,000,000 loan enables proceeding ahead with the construction of a new 400 Kv power transmission line, NAMIBIA POWER CORP. PTY LTD. (NAMPOWER) [Namibia] - Order #: 022902.
Newspaper article from: WWP-Business Opportunities in Africa & the Middle East; 2/1/2002; 700+ words
; ...the largest ongoing private sector investment in Namibia. And, the state owned NAMIBIA POWER CORP. PTY LTD. (NAMPOWER) is now gearing...International E-mail: nairk@nampower.com.na NAMIBIA POWER CORP. PTY LTD. (NAMPOWER) 15 Luther...
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Namibia worries about inflation.
Newspaper article from: Market Africa Mid-East; 8/1/2007; 700+ words
; Namibia's high per capita income in relation...strength of its consumer base. In fact, Namibia has one of the biggest income gaps in the...positive improvements. In its review of Namibia's economic prospects for 2007, released...
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Namibia: what kind of independence?
Magazine article from: Monthly Review; 9/1/1989; ; 700+ words
; ...United Nations took charge of overseeing Namibia's transition to independence and arranged...deployed by the UN representatives in Namibia "to maintain law and order." South...agreement and was infiltrating guerrillas into Namibia from bases in Angola. After one hundred...
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Namibia
Encyclopedia entry from: World Education Encyclopedia
Namibia Basic Data Official Country Name: Republic of Namibia Region: Africa Population: 1,771,327 Language...waves of the Benguela ocean current, lies the Republic of Namibia. Formerly known as South-West Africa, and before that...
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NAMIBIA
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
NAMIBIA. A country of southern Africa and member of the Commonwealth. Languages...the UN mandate was withdrawn. In 1968, the territory's name became Namibia. South Africa governed the territory without international recognition...
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Mbuende, Kaire 1953—
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
...helped organize the revolution for independence in Namibia, a South West African country previously a colony...interrogated by the former South African authorities in Namibia. Now that Namibia is politically free and South Africa has overcome...
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Namibians
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...PRONUNCIATION: nuh-MIB-ee-uhns LOCATION: Namibia POPULATION: 1.7 million LANGUAGE...Christianity; animism 1 • INTRODUCTION Namibia sits in the extreme southwest corner of...of the races) for over forty years. Namibia, known as South West Africa until 1966...
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Shafiihuna Nujoma
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...became the first president of independent Namibia. Shafiihuna (Sam) Nujoma was born May...in the Ongandera area of northwestern Namibia. His name, Shafiihuna, means "a time...and in fact Nujoma was born during Namibia's period of British rule under a treaty...
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