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Ondeshifiilwa village
Ondeshifiilwa is a village Situated in Engela constituency in Ohangwena region about 30 kilometres north-west of Oshakati in Namibia.The riginal name of this place (including diacritics) is Ondeshifiilwa, and its geographical coordinates are 17° 31' 0" South, 15° 40' 0" East Ondeshifiilwa map.

Ondeshifiilwa hosts one of the many sites that call up up affecting memories of Namibia's long walk to freedom and self-determination.According to vilho shiweda ondeshifiilwa the sad story of Ondeshifiilwa is, to this day, told with much pain. On April 2, 1989, a fierce clash took place in the village between soldiers of the People's Liberation Army of Namibia and the South African Defence Force. The battle took place at a time when the forces of both sides were expected to be confined to bases in compliance with negotiations linked to the implementation of Resolution 435 of the United Nations.

Monument of the Unknown PLAN Soldiers at Ondeshifiilwa On 01 to 02 april 1989 some members of PLAN gathered at Ondeshifiilwa village to get information on which beacons they should gather and hand in their waepons. Unfortunately the SA army misinterpreted their gathering as hostile and attacked them. It is believed that 22 PLAN fighters were brutally killed and were later buried in a mass grave at Ondeshifiilwa.

inconclusion Ondeshifiilwa is one of the places in the northen part of namibia that is in the namibia liberation struggle history of Namibia as it has mass grave of 22 fighters