Cassinga
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Cassinga is a town in southern Angola.
It is the site of an abandoned iron ore mine. It was also the site of the Battle of Cassinga (4 May 1978), a South African airborne attack on a South-West African People’s Organisation (SWAPO) base which was reportedly also a refugee camp.
[edit] Railway
Japanese interests wish to reopen the iron ore mine and link it by rail to the Namibian port of Walvis Bay, this being the most efficient port in the region.
[edit] See also
- Chamuatete - another iron ore mine
- Battle of Cassinga
[edit] References
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