Paris, Nov 27, 2024 (AFP) - Five things to know about Namibia

NAMPA / AFP
2024-11-27
Southern Africa's sparsely populated desert nation of Namibia holds presidential and legislative elections on Wednesday. Here are five things to know about the uranium-rich country: Around 20 years after Germany colonised the territory, its forces carried out what many historians consider the first genocide of the 20th century. Imperial German troops killed around 70,000 men, women and children of the Indigenous Herero and Nama peoples, who reb......
Restricted content

Latest NAMPA photos

GIBEON, 26 November 2024 - The Hendrik Witbooi Fountain located in Gibeon, where the legendary Nama leader brought his horse to drink after battle, is in desperate need of repairs. The site was inaugurated in 1992. (Photo by: Charmaine Boois) NAMPA

GIBEON, 26 November 2024 - The Hendrik Witbooi Fountain located in Gibeon, where the legendary Nama leader brought his horse to drink after battle, is in desperate need of repairs. The site was inaugurated in 1992. (Photo by: Charmaine Boois) NAMPA

NAMPA
EENHANA, 26 November 2024 - Eenhana Mayor Omri-Onn Kavandje was on Tuesday re-elected as town mayor. (Photo by: Maria David) NAMPA

EENHANA, 26 November 2024 - Eenhana Mayor Omri-Onn Kavandje was on Tuesday re-elected as town mayor. (Photo by: Maria David) NAMPA

NAMPA
OPUWO, 26 November 2024 - The Opuwo Town Council on Tuesday re-elected all council in their previous positions, keeping the status quo in tact. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

OPUWO, 26 November 2024 - The Opuwo Town Council on Tuesday re-elected all council in their previous positions, keeping the status quo in tact. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

NAMPA
OSHAKATI, 26 November 2024 - Oshana Regional Electoral Officer for ECN Amon-Oiva Haimbangu. (Photo by Maria David)NAMPA

OSHAKATI, 26 November 2024 - Oshana Regional Electoral Officer for ECN Amon-Oiva Haimbangu. (Photo by Maria David)NAMPA

NAMPA
GIBEON, 26 November 2024 - Gibeon Village Council.  (Photo by: Charmaine Boois) NAMPA

GIBEON, 26 November 2024 - Gibeon Village Council. (Photo by: Charmaine Boois) NAMPA

NAMPA
GIBEON, 26 November 2024 - Gaob Ambassador Salomon Witbooi of the Witbooi Royal House. (Photo by: Charmaine Boois) NAMPA

GIBEON, 26 November 2024 - Gaob Ambassador Salomon Witbooi of the Witbooi Royal House. (Photo by: Charmaine Boois) NAMPA

NAMPA
SWAKOPMUND, 26 November 2024 - Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN)'s electoral officials collecting their none sensitive materials for ahead of deployment to their different polling stations within the regions. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 26 November 2024 - Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN)'s electoral officials collecting their none sensitive materials for ahead of deployment to their different polling stations within the regions. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

NAMPA
SWAKOPMUND, 26 November 2024 - Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN)'s Erongo Regional Electoral Officer, Aune Ndakeva. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 26 November 2024 - Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN)'s Erongo Regional Electoral Officer, Aune Ndakeva. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

NAMPA