Situngu Island (also known as Luyondo, Singobeka, Mbala and Zoti in NamibiaThe Botswana-Namibian Boundary Dispute in the Caprivi:To what extent does Botswana's Arms ProcurementProgram represent a drift towards MilitaryConfrontation in the Region?
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Chobe River The Cuando (or Kwando) is a river in south-central Africa flowing through Angola and Namibia's Caprivi Strip and into the Linyanti Swamp on the northern border of Botswana. Below the swamp, the river is called the Linyanti River and, farther east ...

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Botswana Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory part of the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the sou ...

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Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the no ...

Territorial dispute

In 1977 Namibia and Botswana entered into a dispute over ownership of the Situngu island. In October 1997 the Botswana Armed Forces discovered ploughed fields on the southern side of the island. The island has been used by Namibian farmes for a long time. The Botswan army erected two twents on the island. In January 1998 a high-level Namibia delegation was prevented from entering the island by the Botswana Armed Forces. The soldiers picked crops raised by Namibia farmers and harassed them if they didn't passports to enter the island. In January 1998 a meeting was held to demarcate the border but it didn't achieve anything. On 5 February 2018 a border treaty was signed between Botswana and Namibia which saw the island being ceded to Botswana.Namibia revives treaty with Botswana
9 March 2022

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Territorial dispute

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