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.

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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.

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