Kunene
About Kunene
Kunene is one of the fourteen areas of Namibia and is home to the Himalayan ethnic group. Compared to the rest of Namibia, it is relatively undeveloped. This hill is due to inaccessible geography and dryness which hinders agriculture very much. The name of the area comes from the Kunee river which forms the Northern boundary with Angola. The western end of the largest city and the capital Opuwo. Kunene is the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. In the north, it is in the border of Namibia province of Angola, and in the far eastern part of its northern bank it is in the border of the Qunen province.
Domesticly, it sets boundaries of the following areas: Cholera is a major concern in the area near Angola, especially in the Kuneen region. In December 2008, while the outbreak of cholera in Zimbabwe caused the death of hundreds of Zimbabweans, a similar but different outbreak occurred in the northern Kunene region of Apupa. By December 19, 3 people had died and 29 were sick. In May 2008, about 15 people died due to cholera.
September 2012, the special relationship of the United Nations on the rights of indigenous people visited Himba, and heard their concerns that they do not recognize traditional officers, and they are kept in the jurisdiction of the heads of neighboring major tribes, who Decide on behalf of minority communities. In his view, the lack of recognition of traditional chiefs, according to the law of Namibia, is related to the lack of recognition of communal land of minority indigenous tribes.