The relatively peaceful Caprivi calm was shattered in August 1999 when dissident Caprivians attacked the Namibian town of Katima Mulimo, the capital of East Caprivi. While not a party to the dispute, the Caprivi Khwe have been drawn into it, attacked by the local rebels and their UNITA backers as government supporters, and attacked in turn by the Namibian Defense Forces (NDF) and the Special Security Force (SSF) as rebel collaborators. After the cross-border attack on Katima Mulilo, close to 1,000 Khwe fled into Botswana to escape harassment, torture, and extra-judicial killings by one side or the other. Nine hundred Khwe are currently housed 500 kilometers from their homes at Botswana's largest refugee facility, Dukwe Refugee Camp.