Namibians will vote for a new president and parliament for the sixth time since the country’s independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990.
Hopes by nine Namibian opposition parties to force an annulment of last year’s November election were dashed on Thursday.
The cancellation of a popular phone-in show on Namibia’s national broadcaster has raised fears that the ruling party is clamping down on media freedom
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/ 28 November 2007
Namibia’s ruling Swapo party started its fourth annual congress in Windhoek on Tuesday, an event dominated by former president Sam Nujoma’s retirement from active politics and the formation of a new political rival. About 580 official delegates and many more invited guests will over the next three days affirm Swapo’s future leadership.
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/ 18 November 2007
A former Cabinet minister and senior stalwart of Nambia’s ruling party, Hidipo Hamutenya, launched a new movement in Namibia on Saturday, promising a different political vision and accelerated economic growth once in power. Hamutenya resigned from the ruling South West Africa Peoples’ Organisation (Swapo) and as a member of Parliament last week.