"Where is the ""Caprivi Strip""?"
Caprivi Strip main channel, and hence the international boundary, lay to the north of the island, thus making the island part of Botswana. The Caprivi Strip is of politico-strategic military importance. During the Rhodesian Bush War (1965–1979), African National Congress operations against the South African government (1965–1994) and the Angolan Civil War (1975–2002), the Strip saw continual military action and multiple incursions by various armed forces using the Strip as a corridor to access other territories. The Caprivi conflict involved an armed conflict in Namibia between the Caprivi Liberation Army (CLA), a rebel group aiming for the secession of the Caprivi Strip
Caprivi Strip with Zambia. The strip is about wide, and its area is slightly larger than the US state of Maryland. Its largest settlement is Katima Mulilo, located at the point where the Zambezi river reaches the Strip. Inhabitants of the Caprivi Strip speak a number of African languages, mostly members of the Bantu language family, with speakers of Hukwe, a San language, in the northwest of the strip (on the border with Angola. The Bantu languages include Yeyi (or 'Yei' or 'Yeeyi'), Mbukushu, Gciriku (or 'Dciriku'), Fwe, Totela, and Subiya. Perhaps a majority in the Caprivi Strip, especially in Katima Mulilo,