!!!Namibia %%image_right [{GoogleMap location='Namibia' type='embedded' zoom='bounds' width='450' height='350'}] %% [{Image src='wa-lgflag.gif' class='image_left' height='150' width='226'}] [{Image src='namibia.jpg' class='image_left' }] South Africa occupied the German colony of South-West Africa during World War I and administered it as a mandate until after World War II, when it annexed the territory. In 1966 the Marxist South-West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) guerrilla group launched a war of independence for the area that became Namibia, but it was not until 1988 that South Africa agreed to end its administration in accordance with a UN peace plan for the entire region. Namibia has been governed by SWAPO since the country won independence in 1990. Hifikepunye POHAMBA was elected president in November 2004 in a landslide victory replacing Sam NUJOMA who led the country during its first 14 years of self rule. POHAMBA was reelected in November 2009. %%menu-geo %%cols-r * %%icon-geo,geo %% [Geography|Geography/Africa/Namibia/Geography] * %%icon-geo,maps %% [Maps|Geography/Africa/Namibia/Maps] * %%icon-geo,culture %% [Culture|Geography/Africa/Namibia/Culture] ---- * %%icon-geo,special %% [Special Information|Geography/Africa/Namibia/Special_Information] * %%icon-geo,picture %% [Pictures|Geography/Africa/Namibia/Pictures] * %%icon-geo,community %% [Community Contributions|Geography/Africa/Namibia/Community_Contributions] %% %%