A newcomer party is set to further loosen the grip of the governing SWAPO (South West Africa People’s Organisation) Party of Namibia ... counterparts in neighbouring countries, the Namibian ...

“Most of the illicit miners, including undocumented children, are suspected to be originating from SADC countries, namely Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Lesotho,” said social development ...

Across southern Africa, political parties that have led their countries since the end of colonialism have ceded power to the opposition in recent months. Namibia bucked the trend. By Lynsey Chutel ...

The small south African nation of Namibia goes to the polls on Wednesday for presidential and legislative elections. The ruling Swapo party is facing its tightest race since the country became ...

A political veteran with a high chance of becoming the country's first female ... Around two thirds the size of neighbouring South Africa, Namibia is rich in wildlife and game reserves.

Namibians are frustrated by falling living standards and rising corruption. Many of the country’s 3m-odd people are short of ...

And on Wednesday, one of those parties, the South West Africa People’s Organization, or SWAPO, in Namibia ... neighboring Botswana, the Botswana Democratic Party, which had governed since the ...

WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP ... with parties that led their countries out of white minority or colonial rule in neighboring South Africa and Botswana both losing their long-held political dominance.

It is the driest country in sub-Saharan Africa and ... Around two-thirds the size of neighbouring South Africa, Namibia is rich in wildlife and game reserves. Tourism accounts for around seven ...

Namibia is voting for its next president ... However, analysts say that although SWAPO faces the same issues as its counterparts in neighbouring countries, the Namibian opposition lacks coordination. ...

If things work out as Namibia’s long-time governing party hopes, the country will be electing ... one gets more than half of the votes cast. In neighbouring South Africa, the African National ...