Known as Kolmanskop, it sprouted as a prim German town in the Namib a century ago, when the country was a German colony known as German South West Africa.
This is Namibia, once known as South-West Africa, and it lies on the Atlantic Coast just north of South Africa and just south of forever-troubled Angola.
In 1966, the Marxist South-West Africa People's Organization (Swapo) launched a war of independence for the area that became Namibia.
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Off South-West Africa, the discovery in 1843 of the tiny island of Ichaboe, covered in 25 feet of penguin and gannet excrement, led to a guano rush followed by a mutiny and battles.
Also in Ireland's group are Bangladesh, India, England, the Netherlands, South Africa and West Indies.
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Although they still reached the Super Eights phase, and managed to beat holders India, England lost to South Africa and West Indies and failed to make the semi-finals.
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"We discussed the wicket with the teams who played before us (South Africa and West Indies) and thought that if we made a reasonable total we could exert pressure on Pakistan, " said Vettori.
They also face West Indies, South Africa, Ireland and host nations Bangladesh and India in their group.
You hail from every corner of the Earth -- from Southeast Asia to Central Europe, from West Africa to South America.
Even when South Africa had beaten West Indies at the same ground last Thursday, however, there were signs that batting remained a tough proposition.
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They have recorded an Ashes victory over Australia and one-day series victories over New Zealand, West Indies, South Africa and India in the last 12 months.
Oglesby is working with North-West University in South Africa and the University of Malaysia and a second university in Malaysia plans to start a program soon.
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Caf's arrangement means that Cameroon could be grouped with Egypt and Morocco, while Nigeria might be paired with South Africa and fellow west Africans Guinea and Benin.
His off-spinners may not look terribly dangerous but they were reliable enough for him to bowl full 10-over spells in the matches against West Indies and South Africa.
But the ongoing security crisis has prompted cricket authorities to shift international matches between the West Indies and South Africa scheduled for next month from Kingston to Trinidad.
The term has been given to cricketers from South Africa and the West Indies, who are able to come into the UK and play county cricket without being classed as overseas players.
The term has been tagged onto cricketers from South Africa and the West Indies, who are able to come into the UK and play county cricket without being classed as an overseas player.
The term has been tagged on to cricketers from South Africa and the West Indies, who are able to come into the UK and play county cricket without being classed as overseas players.
Ireland face stiff competition in England, India, South Africa and the West Indies in Group B but Wilson, who has one century and four fifties from 25 one-day internationals, says their first two targets in the group are clear.
The seminar, produced in partnership with the ministries of Foreign Affairs and Education, as well as Palmares Cultural Foundation, aims at contributing to the work being conducted by a consulting group made up of specialists from the United States, the United Kingdom, Belgium, the Republic of Korea, Uganda, the West Bank, South Africa, Russia, Switzerland and Brazil.
Almost two years ago, I visited Burkina Faso in West Africa, just south of the Sahara desert.
Last year a team of Netcare surgeons travelled from South Africa to the North West to carry out more than 800 cataract operations.
There was outrage last August when police shot dead 34 striking miners at the Marikana platinum mine in South Africa's North West province.
If you want my wild guess on the next great world civilization, I say don't look East young man, nor West, but rather south to Africa.
Police killed 34 striking workers at the Marikana platinum in South Africa's North West province in August, in the most deadly security force action since white rule ended in 1994.
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Flower is expected to be interviewed in England soon after the squad return from the West Indies, with South Africa coach Mickey Arthur and Gary Kirsten, in charge of India, also believed to be on the shortlist.
The second Test of the two-match series starts on Friday 28 November in Adelaide before Australia host South Africa and New Zealand entertain West Indies.
Against South Africa and now against the West Indies, they have been involved in games in which they looked, for all the world, like they should have lost.
Already, by 2020, 57 million jobs will be needed in South and West Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and the Arab States just to stop unemployment rates rising above current levels.
His columns railed against the Vietnam War, Watergate, apartheid in South Africa and Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza.
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