Over lions and crocodiles: Refugees recount flight to safety

Tyson Mujela, Felix Kakula, Bothman Ntesa and Mushe Limbo, Mujela and Kakula were part of last year''s aborted mission to Caprivi
Tyson Mujela, Felix Kakula, Bothman Ntesa and Mushe Limbo, Mujela and Kakula were part of last year''s aborted mission to Caprivi

Relieved at their High Court victory, the Namibians at Dukwi Refugee Camp open up to Mmegi Staff Writer, MBONGENI MGUNI about their escape from heated conflict in the Caprivi Strip in 1999, through the treacherous Okavango area, to safety

Tensions had long been rising. The inhabitants of a 20-kilometre wide and 400 kilometre-long piece of paradise nestled between the Zambezi, Chobe, Linyanti and Okavango rivers said they were being brutally oppressed.

The Caprivi Strip wanted to be free of Namibia and residents were willing to use force to extricate themselves from ‘Big Brother’s’ grip. The popular secessionist party in the region, the United Democratic Party (UDP) had formed a militant wing, the Caprivi Liberation Army (CLA).

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