XXᵉ siècle – XXᵉ siècle
Northern Namibia
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The war in Namibia, particularly in the north, imposed substantial human costs during the decade from 1979 to 1989. Newspaper-based research recorded 1,268 civilian deaths, including 929 people identified by name. South African officers’ encounters with PLAN and attacks involving Koevoet produced further deaths, while people detained by SWAPO also died in significant numbers. The available figures show that, although the conflict was less lethal in Namibia than on the Angolan side of the border, it remained highly violent.
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Research based on newspaper reports for the years 1979 to 1989 produced a preliminary total of 1,268 civilian deaths in Namibia, of whom 929 were identified by name. These figures provide only a partial measure of the conflict’s human cost, but they indicate the scale of violence experienced by civilians in the north and elsewhere during the war.
South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission material documented 1,666 contacts with PLAN over a ten-year period involving approximately 250 white officers. Fourteen officers, excluding Eugene de Kock, participated in battles that resulted in 3,323 deaths and 104 prisoners. The figures include the consequences of military encounters rather than a complete account of all violence.
Koevoet members were also targets of assassination by SWAPO when off duty, and the state public prosecutor recorded 198 deaths for the period 1978–82. The source further states that deaths among people held in SWAPO detention probably numbered several hundred or more. The combined evidence portrays a conflict with high human costs on multiple sides, even though Namibia was spared the intensity of the fighting and mortality seen in Angola.
XXᵉ siècle – XXᵉ siècle
Northern Namibia
Traduction non disponible · Original (anglais) · français indisponible
The war in Namibia, particularly in the north, imposed substantial human costs during the decade from 1979 to 1989. Newspaper-based research recorded 1,268 civilian deaths, including 929 people identified by name. South African officers’ encounters with PLAN and attacks involving Koevoet produced further deaths, while people detained by SWAPO also died in significant numbers. The available figures show that, although the conflict was less lethal in Namibia than on the Angolan side of the border, it remained highly violent.
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Research based on newspaper reports for the years 1979 to 1989 produced a preliminary total of 1,268 civilian deaths in Namibia, of whom 929 were identified by name. These figures provide only a partial measure of the conflict’s human cost, but they indicate the scale of violence experienced by civilians in the north and elsewhere during the war.
South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission material documented 1,666 contacts with PLAN over a ten-year period involving approximately 250 white officers. Fourteen officers, excluding Eugene de Kock, participated in battles that resulted in 3,323 deaths and 104 prisoners. The figures include the consequences of military encounters rather than a complete account of all violence.
Koevoet members were also targets of assassination by SWAPO when off duty, and the state public prosecutor recorded 198 deaths for the period 1978–82. The source further states that deaths among people held in SWAPO detention probably numbered several hundred or more. The combined evidence portrays a conflict with high human costs on multiple sides, even though Namibia was spared the intensity of the fighting and mortality seen in Angola.
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