The country with a strip of land that looks like someone's hand slipped when drawing a map This narrow area is home to about 100,000 people, is rich in natural wildlife, and has mineral resources.

For a country of just 2.1 million people in an area more than twice the size of Germany, Namibia has seen more than its share of conflict over the past 120 years.

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 t ...