Cuban leader Raul Castro visits NamibiaCuban leader Raul Castro on Sunday arrived in Namibia on a state visit to strengthen ties with the southern African country, the government said. "Your visit provides a valuable opportunity to further consolidate the excellent bilateral relations and the longstanding bonds of friendship and solidarity that exists between our two countries," Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba (born August 18, 1935[1][2]) is the second and current President of Namibia. He is a leading member of the South-West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO) ruling party and won the 2004 presidential election overwhelmingly, taking told Castro. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Pohamba, Namibia wants to increase co-operation with Cuba in infrastructure development, agriculture, fishing and the health sector. Castro will on Monday meet former president Sam Nujoma Samuel Daniel Shafiishuna Nujoma (born May 12, 1929) was the first President of Namibia. He was inaugurated in 1990 and was subsequently re-elected in 1994 and 1999, serving until 2005. Early life Nujoma was born in the north of the country, in Ongandjera, Ovambo. , before flying to Angola for a two-day visit. Ties between Namibia and Cuba started during pre-independence days, when Cuban troops stationed in neighbouring Angola helped Namibia's liberation army to fight against apartheid South Africa's troops in southern Angola, in the battle of Cuito Cuanavale The battle of Cuito Cuanavale was one of the most important episodes of both the civil war in Angola (1975 to 2002) and the South African Border War. The armies of Cuba, Angola and South Africa met at Cuito Cuanavale in 1987, and the battle has been called "Africa's largest land in 1988. "We will never forget the proud years in the trenches in Angolan soil and the sacrifices Namibians, Cubans and Angolans made to liberate (Liberate Technologies, San Mateo, CA) A software company that specialized in the information appliance field. Formerly Network Computer, Inc. (NCI), a spin-off from Oracle in 1996, it changed its name in 1999. southern Africa
Since Namibia's independence in 1990, the two countries have signed several bilateral agreements in the health sector, sport and culture, and education. Cuba has been providing continuous support to Namibia?s health service, with over 140 Cuban health professionals working in Namibia and 130 Namibians studying in Cuba. The 77-year-old Castro has led Cuba since illness forced his brother Fidel to step down in 2006. 
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