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        <journal-title>Indian Journal of Social Enquiry</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">IJSE</abbrev-journal-title>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="epub">applied</issn>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">0974-9012</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Prof Gitanjali Chawla</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">IJSE1130001</article-id>
      <title-group>
        <article-title>Orange River Boundary: A Passive Dispute between South Africa and Namibia</article-title>
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          <name>
            <surname>Rajwar</surname>
            <given-names>Sushmita</given-names>
          </name>
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      <aff id="aff1">Maharaja Agrasen College, University of Delhi</aff>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub" iso-8601-date="2026-09-02">
        <month>09</month>
        <day>02</day>
        <year>2026</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>13</volume>
      <issue>1</issue>
      <fpage>7</fpage>
      <lpage>21</lpage>
      <abstract>
        <p>The demarcation of the boundaries in the African continent has been a result of
the colonial decisions and were done most of the times without taking the
Africans into any consideration. This led to many arbitrary borders which later
gave rise to border conflicts due to several reasons but mainly because of the
contention on the accessibility to some resources present near the border.
Orange River Boundary Conflict between South Africa and Namibia is one
such border conflict that has raised issues with regard to utilization of water
resources from the Orange River. Grazing rights of the local Nama population
and diamond mining rights in the region has caused several disagreements
leading to failed talks and conclusions. This paper attempts to analyze the
Orange River disputed boundary, displacement of the Namas into the
neighbouring regions due to the conflict and the sharing of the resources of the
Orange River by Namibia and South Africa.</p>
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        <kwd>African continent</kwd>
        <kwd>Border conflict</kwd>
        <kwd>Nama population</kwd>
        <kwd>Orange
River</kwd>
        <kwd>Water resources</kwd>
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