Sesheke

Sesheke is a border town in the Western Province of Zambia, in a district of the same name, on the northern bank of the Zambezi River where the river forms the border with Namibia's Caprivi Strip. The Katima Mulilo Bridge, completed in May 2004, connects it with the Namibian town of Katima Mulilo on the opposite bank. The M10 road to Livingstone and the Victoria Falls, 200 kilometres to the east, was upgraded in 2004 with financing from a German donor bank, completing the last missing link in the Trans Caprivi Corridor, now the Walvis Bay-Ndola-Lubumbashi Development Road, a 2500 kilometre asphalt road joining the Copperbelt to Namibia's port at Walvis Bay. Road freight and tourism through the town have grown, as travellers pass on their way to Victoria Falls, Sioma Ngwezi National Park and the Barotse Floodplain. The M10 also connects Sesheke to Sioma, Senanga and Mongu.