Namibia is over twice the size of Germany and the driest country in sub-Saharan Africa . Colonized by Germany and later ruled by apartheid-era South Africa . Namibia 's troubled history continued deep into the 20th century : in 1920 the League of Nations mandated the country to South Africa , which imposed its apartheid laws on the region after 1948 . Independence came in 1990 after 22 years of war . Comment:
Namibia is over twice the size of Germany and the driest country in sub-Saharan Africa . Colonized by Germany and later ruled by apartheid-era South Africa . Independence came in 1990 after 22 years of war . Comment: