 Elections in 1989 showed that the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance had a significant advantage in the Caprivi region over SWAPO.In October 1998 the Namibian Defence Force with the support of the Special Field Force discovered and raided a CLA training camp.That resulted in more than 100 armed CLA men fleeing into Botswana, as well as some 2,500 civilians who feared the government's repression (including rape and torture).