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Namibia, which gained its independence in 1990, is a land of deserts: it has the least amount of rainfall in sub-Saharan Africa.

Namibia Before it gained its independence in 1990, the country of Namibia was known as South West Africa. In the nineteenth century, South West Africa had been a German colony.Then, after World War I, the territory became a League of Nations Mandate administered by South Africa.With the end of WorldWar II and the creation of the United Nations,most Mandates became Trust Territories under the Trusteeship System. South Africa, however, wanted to make South West Africa part of its own country instead of

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