A member of Swapo since 1974, scholar and activist Henning Melber offers a frank assessment of the party’s moral shortcomings, internal divisions, and eagerness to trade on its liberation legacy.

Namibia’s ruling party Swapo faces its toughest election yet, as shifting support, a changing electorate, and emerging opposition signal a turning point for the nation’s political landscape. Itula, ...

Minister of Works and Transport Veikko Nekundi has called on Namibians to fly the Swapo flag with pride. He said the ruling party remains the only political movement with the nations's best interest ...

Namibia celebrates 26 August as Heroes’ Day. It recalls the first military encounter between the South African army and members of the South West Africa People’s Organisation (Swapo), Namibia’s ...

Voters head to the polls on Wednesday in the latest test for one of southern Africa’s liberation parties, which have been rebuked at the ballot box this year. By John Eligon and Timo Shihepo John ...

WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) — A woman who joined Namibia's underground independence movement in the 1970s is a strong contender to ...

Namibia, until recently led by an interim president in power since the death of former President Hage Geingob in February, was tipped as potentially facing turmoil and even unrest as its elections ...

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 ...

WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) — Namibia elected its first female leader as Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah was declared the winner Tuesday of a presidential election last week that was tarnished by ...

A new history of Namibia provides a valuable corrective to various earlier accounts relating to the history of SWAPO, the governing political party in Namibia since 1990. Its balanced verdict is ...

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Namibia's ruling SWAPO party cruised to victory in the 2014 presidential election with Prime Minister Hage Geingob taking 86.73 percent of all declared votes, the southern ...