The former liberation movement South West Africa People’s Organisation (Swapo) has been in firm political control of Namibia since independence in 1990. Support for the party in the national assembly ...

National Assembly speaker Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila on Tuesday announced a reshuffle of Swapo members of parliament (MPs) ...

Opposition parties have criticised the 2026/27 national budget, demanding significant increases to social grants and pensions ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Namibia celebrates 26 August as Heroes’ Day. It recalls the first military encounter between the South African army and members of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: SWAPO presidential candidate, Nandi-Ndaitwah, votes in Windhoek WINDHOEK (Reuters) - Namibia's President-elect Netumbo ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Labor movements in Namibia have been rather fragile over the past few decades, ever since the country gained independence ...

WINDHOEK (Reuters) - First results from Namibia's presidential and parliamentary elections trickled in on Monday, but too few to show whether a new opposition would break up the ruling party's ...