Cunene
Americannoun
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But barring a direct confrontation of the M.P.L.A. and its battle-hardened Cubans with some 5,000 South African regulars dug in around the Cunene River hydroelectric complex just inside Angola, large-scale fighting appeared to be over.
From Time Magazine Archive
Pretoria's forces still remained inside Angola, settling in around the Cunene River hydroelectric complex 20 miles north of the South West African border.
From Time Magazine Archive
The South Africans are anxious to avoid a battle around the $300 million Cunene complex, in which they have heavily invested.
From Time Magazine Archive
Still others joined a convoy of trucks that crossed the Cunene River and headed along the scorched Namib coastline, known locally as the Coast of Loneliness.
From Time Magazine Archive
After several months, I left the Cunene, and worked up for a new bit of country hitherto unexplored.
From Tales of South Africa by Bryden, H.A.
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