Namibia’s ruling party nervous as country heads to polls

Namibia's Swapo faces its toughest election yet, as youth unemployment and demands for change challenge its rule.

Namibia's Swapo faces its toughest election yet, as youth unemployment and demands for change challenge its rule.

In Namibia, five candidates are running for the top job including Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah of the ruling Swapo party which faces its tightest race since 1990. “They accuse the government of not providing them meaningful employment opportunities, and the government happens to be Swapo since independence,” said Henning Melber, of the Nordic Africa Institute at the University of Uppsala.

After more than three decades of Swapo rule following independence from South Africa, Namibia remains one of the most unequal countries in the world.

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