Namibia

Swapo (South West Africa People's Organisation) of Namibia has been in charge of Namibian politics since independence in March 1990.

Namibia’s National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the alleged scheming to assassinate a number of ruling party critics.

With Namibia's parliamentary and presidential elections on 27–28 November, hype and obsession mount by the day.

Twenty years ago, South Africa's occupation of Namibia came to an end. Less than five years later, the apartheid regime was voted out of power in South Africa itself. This year, elections both in South Africa during April and in Namibia at the end of November invite an analytical overview.