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Sand dunes and vegetation at Sossusvlei in the Namib desert, Namibia.
Namibia achieved independence on March 21, 1990.1234
Following a long period of South African administrationāwhich began under a League of Nations mandate after World War Iāthe United Nations facilitated a transition to sovereignty. This process included UN-supervised elections in 1989, which led to the adoption of a constitution and the formal end of South African control.341