[1] During the Angolan Civil War, the area was unsafe due to arms smuggling activities and the conflict occasionally spilled over into Zambia, where villagers were killed by combatants.

[2] Roads in the district may become impassable in the rainy season and vehicles can get stuck in the sand during the dry season, so trucks and four-wheel drive vehicles are the principal mode of transport.

Access to Mongu, the provincial capital relied on the Kalongola Ferry across the Zambezi south of Senanga, and the Senanga-Mongu road, though paved in the past was in very poor condition, partly due to the heavy trucks used to supply UNHCR programs.

Other tracks go north to Kalabo, along the eastern bank of the Cuando River and to the Sioma Ngwezi National Park located in the south of the district.

[3] In 2003 to help supply the Nangweshi camps from Mongu, Luciano Pavarotti donated through the UNHCR a new ferry at Kalongola from the proceeds of his charity concerts, named Fernando Pavarotti in honour of his father.