Namibia’s Prime Minister, Hage Geingob, resigned on Tuesday after President Sam Nujoma demoted him to local government minister. Geingob had served as prime minister since independence in 1990. This week his advisers described Nujoma’s move as a humiliation for Geingob.

The highest posts in Namibia’s ruling party are up for grabs. But President Sam Nujoma says his comrades need not compete for the jobs.