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South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO)

Party in South West Africa (now Namibia) that advocated immediate independence from South Africa. Founded in 1960, it used diplomacy to attain its goals until 1966, when it turned to armed struggle. Led by Sam Nujoma and backed by the Angolan ruling party and the Soviet Union, SWAPO used Angola as a base for launching guerrilla attacks. From 1978 South Africa made periodic retaliatory strikes into Angola. That same year the UN recognized SWAPO as the Namibian people's sole representative. South Africa finally accepted a UN resolution requiring the withdrawal of South African troops in Namibia and the holding of free elections in 1988.


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South-West Africa People's Organization


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Former foreign minister Hidipo Hamutenya launched the new party two years ago, after he lost his bid to take over SWAPO following the retirement of liberation leader Sam Nujoma in 2004.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The one-day workshop was part of the Youth Leadership Development Programme conducted over weekends by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung for selected members of youth organisations including the National Youth Council, Namibia National Students' Union, Polytechnic of Namibia, NUDO, Young Women's Christian Association and SWAPO Party Youth League.
The women were appointed on party lines to replace three members of parliament who had died or resigned, two from the ruling SWAPO party and one from the opposition.
 
 
 
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