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Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. Although it does not border Zimbabwe, less than 200 metres of the Botswanan right bank of the Zambezi River separates the two countries. Namibia gained independence from South Africa on 21 March 1990, following the Namibian War of Independence. Its capital and largest city is Windhoek. Namibia is a member state of the United Nations (UN), the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the African Union (AU) and the Commonwealth of Nations.
Namibia follows a largely independent foreign policy, with strong affiliations with states that aided the independence struggle, including Libya and Cuba.
Zimbabwe maintains relations with various countries around the world, and maintains close diplomatic relations with neighboring nations.
The German Embassy in Windhoek is Germany's diplomatic mission to Namibia. It is located at Sanlam Centre, 145 Independence Avenue in Windhoek. The current German ambassador is Christian-Matthias Schlaga.
People's Republic of China–Namibia relations refer to the bilateral relations between the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Namibia. Governmental relations were first established the day after Namibia's independence, but relations with Namibian independence movements date back to the 1960s.
Peter Mweshihange was a Namibian revolutionary and guerrilla leader, and after Namibian independence, a politician and diplomat. He was the first Namibia's minister of defense from 1990 to 1995, and first ambassador to the People's Republic of China from 1996 until his death.
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- ↑ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China , Chinese Ambassadors to Namibia, , , 驻纳米比亚共和国历任大使 ,
