John Mabuku was the governor of Caprivi Region

Caprivi Region

Caprivi is one of the 13 regions of Namibia. It takes its name from the Caprivi Strip which in turn was named after Leo von Caprivi.-Geography:...

 in Namibia

Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...

 and secessionist supporter of an independent Caprivi Strip. Mabuku, a former Democratic Turnhalle Alliance National Council member, fled to exile in Botswana

Botswana

Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens are referred to as "Batswana" . Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966...

 with former DTA leader Mishake Muyongo

Mishake Muyongo

Mishake Muyongo is a Namibian politician and former Member of Parliament who is living in exile in Denmark.Muyongo was born in Linyanti. In September 1964 Muyongo became President of the Caprivi African National Union when its leader Simbwaye was arrested and disappeared in South-African custody...

 following a failed separatist revolt in 1998 in the Caprivi Strip against the Namibian government.

Mabuku continued coordinating DTA activities from the Kagisong refugee camp

Refugee camp

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 in Botswana and continued to support DTA president Mishake Muyongo, who is in exile in Denmark

Denmark

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. He died in exile in Botswana on July 13, 2008 after a long illness.