The main unstated aim of the Former Liberation Movements of Southern Africa — an informal club of seven movements/parties that brought freedom to their countries — has always been to help each other ...

The 2024 elections in mineral-rich Namibia have confirmed growing opposition to the South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO), in power since independence in 1990. SWAPO president-elect Netumbo ...

A property development company owned by politically connected businessman Josef Andreas is selling 264 plots valued at N$200 million across the country, after years of concerns about his influence at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: Voters waited in long lines outside polling stations in Namibia's capital Windhoek on Wednesday (November 27) morning. It's ...

The South West Africa People’s Organisation (Swapo) – the former liberation movement that has governed the country since independence – used to win by huge margins. But, increasingly, Namibians are ...

If things work out as Namibia’s long-time governing party hopes, the country will be electing its first female head of state this week. But a mood of disillusionment with liberation movements in ...

Whether it’s because of conscious imitation, revolutionary solidarity, mere contagion by proximity or just the result of similar historical and current circumstances, Namibian ruling party politics ...

Opposition and Swapo members remain divided over the public enterprises governance amendment bill of 2025, with some lawmakers rejecting the proposed reforms.The bill seeks to grant prime minister ...

Namibia's SWAPO, in power since 1990, may see a decline in Wednesday's elections but faces no imminent collapse. In Namibia, where polling opened in presidential and parliamentary elections on ...

The results of the Namibian election reflect growing discontent among voters with the way the country is being run. EFE/EPA The level of uncertainty that surrounded the sixth Namibian elections since ...