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	Namibia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Namibia has an ethnically diverse population that includes the Bantu-speaking Ovambo, Kavango, and Herero; various Nama (see Khoikhoi) groups; the Damara; San (Bushmen); and whites of South African, German, and British descent.
		Namibia is a major producer of gem-quality diamonds, the country’s principal export.
		UN-supervised elections were held in 1989; SWAPO won a majority of the parliamentary seats, and party leader Sam Nujoma was elected president.
	www.bartleby.com /65/na/Namibia.html (1416 words)

	History of Namibia
		In a 1971 advisory opinion, the International Court of Justice upheld UN authority over Namibia, determining that the South African presence in Namibia was illegal and that South Africa therefore was obligated to withdraw its administration from Namibia immediately.
		It called for the holding of elections in Namibia under UN supervision and control, the cessation of all hostile acts by all parties, and restrictions on the activities of South African and Namibian military, paramilitary, and police.
		Nonetheless, in December 1978, in defiance of the UN proposal, it unilaterally held elections in Namibia that were boycotted by SWAPO and a few other political parties.
	infotut.com /geography/Namibia (2852 words)

	Comparative Criminology \| Africa - Namibia
		The elections were held in November 1989 and were certified as free and fair by the special representative, with SWAPO taking 57% of the vote, just short of the two-thirds necessary to have a free hand in drafting the constitution.
		Namibia will be compared with Japan (country with a low crime rate) and USA (country with a high crime rate).
		Namibia has been a diamond producer for several decades, and is one of the highest gem quality diamond producers in the world.
	www-rohan.sdsu.edu /faculty/rwinslow/africa/namibia.html (10242 words)

	Polity IV Country Report 2003: Namibia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Independent observers agreed that the elections were free, but not totally fair, because the opposition was not granted equal access to the media, nor equal opportunities in campaign financing.
		Namibia has a separation of powers with a strong presidency; the strength of the presidency derives from the charismatic leadership of the only leader it has known in its brief existence.
		Namibia's first democratic transfer of executive power occurred with the November 2004 election of Hifikepunye Pohamba, the SWAPO candidate nominated to succeed Nujoma.
	www.cidcm.umd.edu /inscr/polity/Nam1.htm (552 words)

	UNTAG
		Namibia, formerly South West Africa, with an area of 824,269 square kilometres, is a mainly arid country, with a sparse and widely dispersed population, estimated at 1.4 million, which is culturally and linguistically diverse.
		By the beginning of the election campaign, due to start at the thirteenth week, all political prisoners and detainees, wherever they were held, were to be released and all discriminatory or restrictive laws which might abridge or inhibit the objective of free and fair elections were to be repealed.
		In the period between the elections and independence, the Administrator-General remained responsible for the administration of the Territory, and his activities continued to be monitored by UNTAG and discussed as necessary with him by the Special Representative.
	www.un.org /Depts/dpko/dpko/co_mission/untagFT.htm (16309 words)

	Politics of Namibia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Politics of Namibia takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Namibia is both head of state and head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system.
		Elections were held in 1992, to elect members of 13 newly established Regional Councils, as well as new municipal officials.
		Namibia is divided in 13 regions; Caprivi, Erongo, Hardap, Karas, Khomas, Kunene, Ohangwena, Okavango, Omaheke, Omusati, Oshana, Oshikoto, Otjozondjupa
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Namibia (879 words)

	Namibia (10/06)
		Namibia maintains an embassy in the United States at 1605 New Hampshire Ave., NW, Washington DC 20009 (tel: (202) 986-0540; fax: (202) 986-0443).
		Namibia has been a member of the World Trade Organization since its creation in 1995 and is a strong proponent of the Doha Development Agenda announced at the Fourth Ministerial Conference in Doha, Qatar, in November 2001.
		Namibia became the 160th member of the United Nations on April 23, 1990, and the 50th member of the British Commonwealth upon independence.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/5472.htm (4718 words)

	Namibia Human Rights Practices, 1995 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Title: Namibia Human Rights Practices, 1995 Author: U.S. Department of State Date: March 1996 NAMIBIA Namibia is a multiparty, multiracial democracy, headed by President Sam Nujoma, leader of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO), which won Namibia's first free elections in November 1989.
		Namibia's modern market sector produces most of its wealth while a traditional subsistence agricultural sector (mainly in the north) supports most of its labor force.
		The DTA challenged the results of the election in January, based on discrepancies in four constituencies in northern Namibia where votes cast exceeded the number of registered voters.
	www.usemb.se /human/human95/namibia.htm (4305 words)

	Mozambique - Elections '99 - Sustainable Democracy - SARDC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Mozambique's much-lauded election process was beginning to come under criticism from voters, observers and monitors and media today (Wednesday) as unofficial results came in at a snail's pace.
		As preliminary results of Mozambique's presidential and parliamentary elections trickled in, regional and international observer missions praised citizens, political parties and electoral officials for the faith in the democratic process which allowed Mozambicans to express their will.
		Election officials said counting had already started, although even preliminary and very partial results will not be known for several days.
	www.sardc.net /sd/elections99/mozambique/index.html (752 words)

	Namibia - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		NAMIBIA [Namibia], officially Republic of Namibia, republic (2005 est.
		Namibia has an ethnically diverse population that includes the Bantu-speaking Ovambo, Kavango, and Herero ; various Nama (see Khoikhoi) groups; the Damara; San (Bushmen); and whites of South African, German, and British descent.
		On Namibia's conservation trail: with its national parks packed with 'Big Five' game and its impressive sand dunes, Namibia is a classic adventure-safari destination.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-namibia.html (1608 words)

	FACT SHEET: Namibia at a Glance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The bulk of Namibia's viable farmland was parceled into 6000 farms owned by white settlers, while law confined fl workers and their families to reserves.
		Namibia was the first country in the world to incorporate the protection of the environment into its constitution.
		It was a move that thrust Namibia into one of the most enduring civil wars in Africa, and led to ongoing instability along the country's northern border.
	deploymentlink.osd.mil /deploy/info/africa/namibia/index.shtml (1652 words)

	NAMIBIA: IRIN Focus on the upcoming Namibian elections
		As Namibia's 800,000 eligible voters prepare to elect a president and a 72-member national assembly on 30 November and 1 December, the newly-formed Congress of Democrats (CoD) hopes to put up a serious challenge to the ruling Southwest Africa Peoples Organisation (SWAPO) of President Sam Nujoma.
		An official of the Directorate of Elections told IRIN on Monday that the CoD was among nine parties which had registered to contest the third general elections since Nujoma led this nation of 1.6 million people to independence from South Africa in 1990.
		According to figures released by the Elections Directorate, voter turnout has dropped by about 21 percent since the first democratic elections in 1989, when 97 percent of voters went to the polls as opposed to the 76 percent who voted in the 1994 polls that gave SWAPO its two-thirds majority.
	www.niza.nl /uk/press/na_elections.htm (1248 words)

	EISA { AFRICAN DEMOCRACY PROFILES & COMPARATIVE INFORMATION - NAMIBIA }
		The EISA Election Observer Mission is composed of 30 members drawn from electoral commissions, civil society organisations, the media institutions, office of the ombudsman and political parties from various SADC member-states namely, Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
		The EISA observer Mission's assessment of the Namibia's 2004 Presidential and National Assembly elections is based on the Principles for Election Management, Monitoring and Observation in the SADC Region (PEMMO) in the SADC Region.
		Elections are a fairly expensive political activity and thus claim a considerable chunk of the national budget and meagre resources of political parties.
	www.eisa.org.za /WEP/nam2004is.htm (2589 words)

	NAMIBIA: parliamentary elections National Assembly, 1989
		Elections were held for all the seats of the Constituent Assembly.
		South Africa did not agree to begin implementing the timetable until a regional peace accord was reached in December 1988 that linked Namibia’s freedom to the withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola.
		Nujoma was sworn in as Namibia’s first President of the Republic; the same day, a multiracial Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Hage Geingob (SWAPO) also assumed office.
	www.ipu.org /parline-e/reports/arc/2225_89.htm (380 words)

	Angola at the Crossroads
		To prevent this, the U.S. must ensure that any settle- ment on Angola and Namibia does not imperil UNITA!s struggle for a free Angola and that elections in Namibia are fr ee of SWAPO or Cuban threats or intimidation.
		Free elections in Angola were promised in the 1975 Alvor agreement to which the MPILA acceded.
		Insist that Namibia's elections be monitored, organized, and supervised by an independent entity other than the United Nations.
	www.heritage.org /Research/Africa/EM219.cfm?renderforprint=1 (866 words)

	Online NewsHour -- Land Redistribution in Southern Africa: Namibian Land History
		The Namibia Farmworkers Union, the union of fl farm workers, decides not to invade 15 white-owned farms after they reach an agreement with a white farmers' group.
		Namibia Union General Secretary Alfred Angula says the group is trying to keep fls from owning land.
		Namibia approached the EU countries, specifically the German government for help with land reform, and Germany plans to help.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/africa/land/ct_namibia.html (760 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Africa \| Swapo man wins Namibia landslide
		The election to replace Mr Nujoma is the third since independence and is seen as an important landmark in the country's history.
		At an official ceremony announcing the result, Mr Pohamba said he was "gratified and humbled by the five-year mandate entrusted to me to continue the social-economic struggle for our country and its people".
		Namibia, formerly South West Africa, gained independence in 1990 and Mr Nujoma has been the country's only leader.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/africa/4030163.stm (300 words)

	Namibia - History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In collaboration with UNICEF it decided Namibia's women should be taught to read first in their own languages in order to later learn English.
		In 1992 Namibia and South Africa agreed to return the port of Walvis bay to Windhoek in 1994.
		On taking office in March 2000, apart from announcing he would not run again, Nujoma declared that the country's goals were to achieve a standard of living similar to the industrialized North by the year 2030, and in the immediate term, to fight HIV, which continued to decimate the population.
	gbgm-umc.org /country_profiles/countries/nam/History.stm (2223 words)

	Namibia - Atlapedia Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It is bound by Angola to the north, Zambia to the northeast, Botswana to the east, South Africa to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the west.
		In 1977 South Africa was preparing to grant Namibia independence, under a plan that would give local political leadership to an assembly dominated by White Namibians, which the UN strongly opposed.
		Under UN supervision the elections took place and the constitution was inaugurated on Mar 21, 1990 with Sam Nujoma, leader of the SWAPO, as the country's first President.
	www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/namibia.htm (1131 words)

	Angola at the Crossroads
		To prevent this, the U.S. must ensure that any settle- ment on Angola and Namibia does not imperil UNITA!s struggle for a free Angola and that elections in Namibia are free of SWAPO or Cuban threats or intimidation.
		The Cuban pullout would begin simultaneously with the withdrawal of South African forces from Namibia, with United Nations-supervised elections for a constituent assembly to be held seven months from that date.
		The U.S. should also withhold funding for the U.N.'s international peacekeeping fund for Namibia until the Cubans and the MPI.A regime agree to free elections in Angola and national reconciliation talks with UNITA, and an even-handed group is set up to monitor free elections in Namibia.
	www.heritage.org /Research/Africa/EM219.cfm (938 words)

	Namibia Civic and Voter Education Campaign - Types of Elections
		There are four different types of elections in Namibia which ensure that Namibia remains a democratic state that is truly representative and a servant of the people.
		Presidential elections are held every 5 years for you to vote for the presidential candidate you think is best suited to the presidency.
		Regional Council elections are held e very six years for you to vote for the candidate you believe will administer your constituency most capably and effectively.
	www.democracy.org.na /types.php (167 words)

	IFES Election Guide - Country Profile: Namibia - Elections
		The election was contested by two political parties, the Congress of Democrats and the Republican Party, after serious irregularities occurred during the parliamentary elections.
		According to results recorded by election officials, the ruling South West African People’s Organization (SWAPO) secured a majority in the parliamentary elections with 75.1% of the votes, or 55 seats in the 72-member parliament while the Congress of Democrats won five seats.
		Namibia is scheduled to hold presidential and parliamentary elections on November 15-16.
	www.electionguide.org /country-news.php?ID=149 (388 words)

	EISA { OBSERVER MISSION TO THE 2004 NAMIBIA ELECTIONS }
		EISA launches its Regional Election Observer Mission for the upcoming Presidential and National Assembly Elections due to be held in Namibia on 15-16 November 2004.
		The 2004 Namibia Elections will be the fourth electoral process where the assessment of the election will be based on the Principles for Election Management, Monitoring and Observation in the SADC Region (PEMMO).
		The mission is expected to arrive in Namibia on 10 November 2004 in order to hold a series of meetings with election stakeholders, including Namibia Electoral Commission, (NEC), political parties, CSOs and academics, ahead of the election days.
	www.eisa.org.za /EISA/pr20041022.htm (376 words)

	Elections in Namibia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Elections in Namibia gives information on election and election results in Namibia.
		Namibia elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature.
		Namibia · Niger · Nigeria · Rwanda · São Tomé and Príncipe · Senegal · Seychelles · Sierra Leone · Somalia · South Africa · Sudan · Swaziland · Tanzania · Togo · Tunisia · Uganda · Zambia · Zimbabwe
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elections_in_Namibia (275 words)

	Namibia Institute For Democracy / CEP Voter Education (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Elections Support Consortium (ESC) was formed in December 2002 by a civic and voter education campaign partnership.
		Implemented by the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN), the NID and the Legal Assistance Centre (LAC) in 2003, the partners are committed to strengthening the democratic political culture in Namibia and promoting acceptance of a shared system of democratic norms and values.
		Outcomes of this project would ideally include improved awareness of problematic issues pertaining to a democratic society and solutions thereof by the public, increased communication between the elected and their electorate, an understanding of the Namibian public's involvement on all levels and ultimately a stronger, vibrant and active civil society.
	www.nid.org.na /voter.htm (436 words)

	Namibia (11/04)
		Although the constitution formerly limited the president to two terms in office, in 1998, the National Assembly amended the constitution to permit President Nujoma to run for a third term.
		Although the majority of the population engages in subsistence agriculture and herding, Namibia has more than 200,000 skilled workers, as well as a small, well-trained professional and managerial class.
		Although Namibian agriculture contributes less than 10% of Namibia's GDP, about 70% of the Namibian population depends on agricultural activities for livelihood, mostly in the subsistence sector.
	www.state.gov /outofdate/bgn/n/40393.htm (4064 words)

	Namibia Wildlife Resorts Ltd Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The South-West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) began it's armed struggle to liberate Namibia in 1966 and in 1971 the International Court of Justice upheld a UN decision, determining that South Africa's occupation of Namibia was illegal.
		This followed 3 years of negotiations between the governments of Namibia and South Africa and the peaceful resolution of this territorial dispute, which dated back to 1878, was praised by the international community.
		Today Namibia is peaceful and economically is largely better off than many other countries of the region because of its productive mining, farming, fishing and tourism industries.
	www.nwr.com.na /history.htm (551 words)

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