• Officially the Republic of Namibia, located in Southern Africa
• Borders: Atlantic Ocean (west), Angola and Zambia (north), Botswana (east), South Africa (south)
• Capital: Windhoek

• Inhabited since prehistoric times by Khoi, San, Damara, and Nama people
• Bantu peoples arrived around the 14th century
• German colonial rule established in 1884; faced genocide from 1904-08
• South African control began in 1920 and lasted until Namibian independence in March 1990

• Parliamentary democracy; economy mainly relies on agriculture, tourism, and mining
• Significant poverty and inequality; 41% face multidimensional poverty
• Population: 3.1 million, among the world's sparsest; notable immigration post-Cold War
• Member of the UN, Southern African Development Community, African Union, and Commonwealth

List of newspapers published in Namibia.