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 was soon named 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.
![Namibia [Homelands] 1978](http://images.nationmaster.com/images/motw/historical/maps/africa/namibia_homelands_78.jpg)
![South West Africa [Namibia] Central Coast](http://images.nationmaster.com/images/motw/africa/windhoek_1970.jpg)
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