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	Kavango - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Kavango people reside on the Namibian side of the Namibian-Angolan border.
		The Kavango Region of Namibia is named after the people.
		Following the Angolan civil war, many Angolans (often referred to as Nyemba, which is in fact only one of many Angolan peoples) immigrated to traditional Kavango territory.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kavango (184 words)

	The Water Page - Okavango Case Study (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Kavango Delta of northwestern Botswana is a large inland delta or alluvial fan consisting of about 6,000 square kilometers of permanent swamp and between 7,000 and 12,000 square kilometers of seasonally inundated swampland (McCarthy 1993:283).
		The Kavango Delta, the largest of its kind in Africa, is considered to be highly significant, both from the standpoint of its geomorphology and hydrology and its biological richness.
		The Kavango Delta and Panhandle fall in the North West District of Botswana (Ngamiland), one of 10 districts in the country.
	www.thewaterpage.com /okavango_case_study.htm (14011 words)

	Home
		Kavango, one of the 13 regions of Namibia, is situated in the far North-East of one of Africans most fascinating countries.
		Kavango stretches along the Okavango-River which forms the border between Namibia and Angola.
		Considering the fact that 95% of the total population live in a narrow strip of 5-10 km on the river terrace along the River, vast areas of the region are not populated.
	kavango.info (194 words)

	Catholic missionaries of the Kavango (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It was also their intention that the Kavangos utilize the road for them to join the labor market as farm workers and miners.
		This road which snaked throught the Omuramba Omatako eventually opened the Kavango to the interior of Namibia and the Kavango people started bartering with the pioneers, working on farms as well as on mines in the hinterland.
		Although the missionaries first argued that the Kavango was not fit for European habitation they quickly discovered that many government officials and hunters visited the Kavango without being effected by malaria.
	www.economist.com.na /2001/170801/story14.htm (793 words)

	The Kavango People of Namibia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Kavango River in north eastern Namibia forms part of the border between Namibia and Angola and also serves as the focal point of the Kavango people.
		The Kavangos are closely related to the Owambo people and both are thought to have originated in east Africa.
		The Kavango region is well known for its wood carvers, and the Kavango are responsible for the majority of wood carvings you will find in Namibia.
	www.namibian.org /travel/namibia/population/kavango.htm (246 words)

	Kavango (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Kavango covers an area of about 16,000 square miles in the northeastern section of Namibia.
		The language of Kavango is one of numerous languages in the Namibian region.
		Kavango is known for their unique woodcarving and craftsmanship in objects such as bowls, masks, furniture, etc.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/cultural/oldworld/africa/kavango.html (337 words)

	Kavango Area, Namibia
		The plains on either side of the river are fertile, providing a living for the Kavangos by fishing, tending cattle and cultivating their staple diet of maize, millet and sorghum.
		The Kavangos originate from the Wambo tribe who came from the large lakes of East Africa, first settling near the Kwando River in Angola.
		The Kavango are renowned wood carvers and local crafts include bowls, masks, ornaments and furniture.
	www.go2africa.com /namibia/kavango/kavango-area (215 words)

	UCL/GEO - Remote Sensing/Projects/Integration of Ikonos data
		Due to the inaccessibility and political instability of the region, the utilisation of IKONOS data as an alternative to low-altitude aerial photographs for the mapping of urban development and spread of informal settlements was investigated.
		One of the major inputs of the hydrological model of the KAVANGO River that is currently being developed is the estimation of the quantities of water lost by evaporation on open water surfaces and used by different types of vegetation.
		The Kavango or Okavango river, as referred to by the native population of the area, is one of Namibia's four perennial rivers.
	www.geo.ucl.ac.be /Recherche/Teledetection/Projects/Ikonos.html (1705 words)

	Govt asks farmers to move to defuse ethnic tension (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Kavango leader, Mpasi, said the Ovambo cattle farmers had been allocated a 10,000 sq km tract of land in 1946, but had not stayed within the agreed boundaries and had encroached on Kavango land.
		Kavango Governor John Thighuru said five kraals as well as residential huts at many cattle posts had been burnt down, and most of the wells used by the Ovambo had been clogged with stones, earth and branches, when Kavango communities had rallied behind Mpasi to drive the Ovambo farmers from their land.
		However, some farmers have vowed to defy the government directive to vacate the Kavango region until land to graze their livestock is made available in the northwest.
	www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=49775 (630 words)

	Farmers to protest Kavango issues, as tensions run high
		TENSION is mounting in west Kavango as desperate Oshiwambo-speaking cattle farmers and frustrated local residents continue to lock horns over the illegal grazing of cattle.
		A demonstration is to be held at Omuthiyagwiipundi in the Oshikoto Region.
		Vilho Hamunyela, who is farming in west Kavango, told The Namibian yesterday that Sakarias Kondja Shiweda, a cattle herder, at Oshana shaNgali in south western Kavango, fled their cattle post on Monday.
	www.namibian.com.na /2005/November/national/05EBE9AFAA.html (626 words)

	africast.com - Health News Article
		The real impact was felt when the group, some with poverty written all over their faces but singing 'I surrender all', entered a packed St Mary's Parish Church, to the applause of around 600 people inside.
		The group is the Kavango branch of Lironga Eparu, which means "learn to survive".
		He urged the church in the country to reclaim its historical role of leading the fight as it had against the apartheid regime in the past.
	news.africast.com /health_article.php?newsID=1538 (716 words)

	Farmers, 60 000 cattle ordered out of Kavango
		Earlier the Governor of Kavango, John Thighuru, told The Namibian that Chief Mpasi had decided that all Oshiwambo-speaking farmers had to go back to Oukwanyama and Ondonga and reapply for grazing again.
		Martin Haikali, a senior member of the OFA, claimed that keeping the Kavango Region as it was in the colonial era let the Kavango-speaking people feel they had special jurisdiction over their land.
		According to him, all the farmers who are there have wells, and in order to have a well in western Kavango, you first have to dig a well for the local headman, in order to dig yours.
	www.namibian.com.na /2005/October/national/05E33BCC44.html (945 words)

	Greater Kruger National Park: Safari Lodge Accommodation: Greater Kruger Park. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Kavango River with its rich fauna and flora is one of the main tourist attractions in this north eastern region of Namibia.
		Although the average rainfall in the Kavango varies from 400 mm in drier years to over 1000 mm during its wetter years, it contributes almost nothing to the Okavango's influx.
		The following are tributaries to the Kavango River: on the Angolan side the Cuito, and on the Namibian side the Omataku Omuramba; Ekuli, Mpuku, Ndonga and Rukange.
	private-lodges.krugerpark.co.za /africa_kavango_river.html (534 words)

	The Kavango
		Forming the border between Namibia and Angola for more than 400 km is the Okavango River, lifeline of the Kavango people, who make a living from fishing, cattle farming and cultivating sorghum, millet and maize on the wide fertile plains on either side.
		The traditional economy in Kavango is based on a combination of horticulture (pearl millet, referred to locally as mahangu, sorghum and maize) and animal husbandry (cattle and goats).
		At 6.5 people per household, Kavango was also found to be the region with the largest average household size.
	www.holidaytravel.com.na /index.php?fArticleId=66 (387 words)

	Traditional economy of the Kavango - Animal husbandry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Originally the Kavango seemed to be a very suitable area for cattle farming and when the first European traders arrived in the Kavango during the 1870's a roaring trade developed between them and the indigenous people.
		The Kavango are today still considered a foot and mouth risk zone and animals cannot be exported from the area unless they comply with very strict quarantine regulations.
		Today the cattle of the Kavango people consist of such a variety of different breeds and cross breeds that it is an impossible task to trace their true origin or the type of cattle that were brought along with the first migratory groups.
	www.economist.com.na /2002/12apr/04-12-te.htm (1089 words)

	Namibia
		There were serious abuses in the Kavango and Caprivi regions along the northern border, where fighting between FAA and UNITA forces spilled into the country.
		In 2000 the all-SWAPO region council for Kavango recommended the removal of Angolan government troops from the country because of their harassment of Namibian civilians; however, this did not occur by year's end.
		The Government imposed a dusk to dawn curfew in the Kavango region and in western Caprivi in response to the war in Angola and the spillover effects in the country.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/af/8395.htm (10656 words)

	Rundu / Kavango in Namibia - Travel Information and Accommodation
		Besides the dwellings, it has a school, numerous workshops, a hospital, extended vegetable gardens, stables for the cattle and a church at its centre.
		For a long time they were the only development aid organisations in the Kavango region.
		The Kavango consist of five tribes, Kwangali, Mbunza, Gciriku, Mbukushu and Shambyu.
	www.namibia-travel.net /northnamibia/rundu_info.htm (196 words)

	Kavango: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Angola is a country in southwestern africa bordering namibia, congo-kinshasa, and zambia, and with a west coast along the atlantic ocean....
		In namibia, mahangu is the word for pearl millet, a crop grown mainly in the north of that country, where it is the staple food....
		The Kavango Region[Click link for more facts about this topic] of Namibia is named after the people.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/k/ka/kavango.htm (626 words)

	UNICEF - Base de datos de evaluación -
		The Kavango Girls' Education Project (KGEP) started with a lengthy project preparation phase (May 2001?May 2002) consisting of stakeholder workshops, data analysis by the Rundu Regional Directorate, a field assessment, and a stakeholder workshop.
		After it was established that the focus was the project?s implementation and activities, interviewees relaxed and were quite forthcoming and excited to share their ideas.
		In Kavango, the following interviews were held: 3 learner focus groups with school Girls' Clubs (all girls); 3 principal interviews; 4 teacher interviews (from junior and senior secondary phase); 1 hostel matron interview; and 16 project partner interviews (included MBESC Regional Education Officers, UNICEF/Namibia, VSO, NANAWO, FAWENA, and a religious leader).
	www.unicef.org /spanish/evaldatabase/index_19000.html (2221 words)

	Africast Global Africa Network- News
		Aquaculture is the farming of aquatic organisms, including the farming of fish, molluscs, crustaceans and aquatic plants in freshwater bodies and in the sea.
		Benefits include the rich Benguela current, existing infrastructure, a legal framework and a policy in place, 1 500 kilometres of largely uninhabited coastline, untapped resources of 92 species of fish in the Kavango as well as political stability and commitment by the fisheries ministry.
		The farm is situated some 160 kilometres east of Rundu in the Mukwe Constituency of the Kavango Region.
	news.africast.com /africastv/article.php?newsID=56375 (539 words)

	allAfrica.com: Namibia: More Arrests of Defiant Farmers Expected (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		ABOUT 40 Oshiwambo-speaking farmers grazing their cattle in western Kavango in defiance of eviction orders will be arrested and charged within a month, a senior Police officer said.
		M'lukeni, who was in western Kavango over the past few days, told The Namibian that a Police investigation team had been deployed there and was taking statements from cattle herders and owners to find out if they were in the area legally.
		He said farmers found to be in Kavango illegally would be arrested and charged in court.
	allafrica.com /stories/200605120065.html (420 words)

	AIDS causes high mortality rates in Kavango
		Likoro called on all Kavango region inhabitants to join hands in fighting the incurable disease, and advised people to change their attitude of leaving everything in the hands of health officials.
		The death toll in the Kavango region is causing some panic due to an increase in the number of weekend funerals in most parts of this region.
		Namibia's HIV prevalence rate was estimated to be slightly more than 19 percent of the adult population by the end of the year 2000.
	www.aegis.com /news/pana/2001/PA010644.html (435 words)

	Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2000 - Namibia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Government reported that by October 12 persons were killed and 107 were injured by landmines in the Kavango region and the western part of the Caprivi region (see Section 1.c.).
		Although the Government arrested a number of suspected UNITA supporters in the Kavango and Caprivi regions and detained them for several weeks, they all were accounted for by year's end.
		In August the all-SWAPO region council for Kavango recommended the removal of Angolan Government troops from the country because of their harassment of Namibian civilians.
	www.usemb.se /human/2000/africa/namibia.html (9250 words)

	Kavango River Lodge Namibia
		Kavango River Lodge is situated in Rundu on the banks of the Okavango River, overlooking Southern Angola and the surrounding flood plains, Kavango River Lodge offers the visitor traveling through Namibia’s far northeast a revitalizing and comfortable stopover on the long journey between Windhoek, Botswana and the Victoria Falls.
		Kavango River Lodge is equally suitable for people visiting the region for business purposes.
		Kavango River Lodge, provides a cool, comfortable, and tranquil environment for the weary traveler, from which to work or relax.
	www.namibweb.com /kavangolodge.htm (287 words)

	Namibia - MSN Encarta
		The principal nonwhite group is the Ovambo, an agricultural people who live primarily in the north and make up about one-half of the population.
		Other nonwhite groups include the Kavango, the Herero, the Damara, the Khoikhoi, and the San.
		English is the official language, but Afrikaans and German are widely spoken.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761574992/Namibia.html (833 words)

	Stockwatch > News > News Item
		The Kavango block spans about 1.2 million hectares on the northwestern part of Motapa's project, while the Kaudom licences cover about 470,000 hectares on the southeastern portion of the play.
		The mineral chemistry is especially encouraging still farther to the northwest, in the core of the Kavango block.
		If so, the southeastern portion of the Kavango block and the northwestern region of Kaudom would be a good place to start.
	www.stockwatch.com /swnet/newsit/newsit_newsit.aspx?bid=B-400444-C:MTP&symbol=MTP&news_region=C (1651 words)

	Africa Adventure Tours \| African Adventure Travel Guide... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Kavango Region is dominated by the Kavango River and its broad floodplains, which makes the area considerably greener than the rest of Namibia.
		The Kavango people originate from the large lakes of East Africa moving to Kavango between 1750 and 1800.
		Today the Kavango Region consists of five tribes each led by a traditional chief and assisted by a traditional headman.
	www.travel.za.net /africa_kavango_river_p2.html (593 words)

	Kavango Trade Fair (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Businessmen and women, as well as manufacturers based in the Kavango Region are particularly well-located, near the TransCaprivi highway, to benefit from the nearby markets in Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Botswana.
		Kavango trade fair will, I have no doubt, help the Kavango Region realize its potential.
		It is my wish and hope that this trade fair will grow every year for the benefit of the businessmen and women as well as the community in the region.
	www.opm.gov.na /pm/speeches/speech46.htm (790 words)

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