The ex-President's loyalists obstruct and may destroy his successor's gentler government
The latest attempt to replace the governing party has some impressive leaders but needs voters
The founding President is standing down, but he certainly isn't going away for good
Namibia’s founding President, Sam Nujoma, will almost certainly be elected to the new post of national chairman (probably for life) of the governing South West African People's Organisation at its congress on 27-30 November.
Former President Sam Nujoma holds on to his party presidency,
while his relations make their fortunes
Palermo-born Vito Roberto Palazzolo, who is wanted by
the Italian police on charges of membership of the mafia,
drug-trafficking and money-laundering, is extending his business
interests from South Africa, where he enjoys political
protection, to Nami...
Russia hopes to buy uranium from Africa and sell it generators,
as nuclear power comes back into fashion. It has made offers to
Angola (AC Vol 48 No 8) - and to Namibia, whose Mines and
Energy Permanent Secretary, Joseph Lita, revealed that
the cabine...
Senior officials in the governing South West African People's
Organisation accuse supporters of leader and founding President
Sam Nujoma of rigging party elections and harassing opponents.
Nujoma has also been named as the instigator of the 'forces of
...
New army Chief Lieutenant General Martin Shalli, recalled
from Zambia last month after Gen. Solomon Hawala's
sudden retirement, faces a storm over sales of armoured personnel
carriers (APCs) to private military companies in Iraq.
Former Chief Executive of United States-based Comverse
Inc. Jacob 'Kobi' Alexander was arrested in Windhoek on
27 September on an Interpol warrant but he has formed some powerful
business and political connections in Windhoek and is determined
to figh...
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