How did the Caprivi Strip become part of Namibia?

The Caprivi Strip became part of what is now Namibia through the Zanzibar Treaty of 1890, an agreement between Great Britain and Germany.12

Under the terms of this treaty, Britain ceded the strip to Germany to provide the colony of German South West Africa with riparian access to the Zambezi River. The region was named after Leo, Graf von Caprivi, who served as the German chancellor at the time. Following World War I, the territory was mandated to South Africa and eventually became part of the independent nation of Namibia in 1990.32