Editing History of Namibia (section)

=== Involvement in conflicts in Angola and DRC ===
In 1999 Namibia signed a mutual defence pact with its northern neighbour [[Angola]].<ref name="Situation Report"/>
This affected the [[Angolan Civil War]] that had been ongoing since Angola's independence in 1975. Both being leftist movements, SWAPO wanted to support the ruling party [[MPLA]] in Angola to fight the rebel movement [[UNITA]], whose stronghold was in southern Angola. The defence pact allowed Angolan troops to use Namibian territory when attacking UNITA.

The Angolan civil war resulted in a large number of Angolan refugees coming to Namibia. At its peak in 2001 there were over 30,000 Angolan refugees in Namibia. The calmer situation in Angola has made it possible for many of them to return to their home with the help of [[UNHCR]], and in 2004 only 12,600 remained in Namibia.
<ref name="UNHCR">{{cite web
| url = http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/statistics/opendoc.pdf?tbl=STATISTICS&id=44e5c7800&page=statistics
| title = 2004 UNHCR Statistical Yearbook – Namibia
| publisher = United Nations High Commission on Refugees
| access-date = 26 August 2006
| archive-date = 24 August 2006
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060824221929/http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/statistics/opendoc.pdf?tbl=STATISTICS&id=44e5c7800&page=statistics
| url-status = live
}}</ref>
Most of them reside in the [[refugee camp]] [[Osire]] north of [[Windhoek]].

Namibia also intervened in the [[Second Congo War]], sending troops in support of the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]]'s president [[Laurent-Désiré Kabila]].