South African armed forces launched several offensive operations into Angola. Their objective was to push SWAPO units away from the border with South-West Africa (now Namibia), then under South ...

Angola — itself locked in an East-vs.-West civil war — allowed SWAPO to set up bases on its territory. Yet that gave further ideological ammunition to South Africa, which justified its control ...

With support from Cuban troops who were fighting in neighbouring Angola, Swapo guerrillas were able to attack South African bases in Namibia. Returning from exile, Nujoma was swiftly rearrested by ...

Swapo has been in power in the large but sparsely ... reduction of tensions between the superpowers compels South Africa, Angola and Cuba to accede to the Tripartite Accord. South Africa agrees ...

Na época, Angola estava ainda a braços com a longa guerra civil que durou entre 1975 e 2002 e apoiou a SWAPO (Organização do Povo do Sudoeste Africano) que lutava contra a ocupação sul ...

Alweendo — an influential leader of Swapo who in 1997 became the first Namibian governor of the country’s central bank — cited the cautionary tales of Angola and Nigeria, which both ...

Nandi-Ndaitwah, 72, became one of the few women leaders on the continent in a ceremony attended by heads of state from several African countries including Angola ... (SWAPO) that led the sparsely ...

Youth frustration hits SWAPO support after 34 yrs in power SWAPO's Nandi-Ndaitwah would be first female president Independence-era parties facing new challengers WINDHOEK, Nov 25 (Reuters ...

Tensions are mounting in Namibia after a controversial extension of presidential and parliamentary elections into the weekend owing to “irregularities” that slowed down voting. The Electoral ...