Namibia’s Ruling Party Wins Landslide Election

Namibia's ruling party has trounced all rivals in the presidential and parliamentary election, with Prime Minister Hage Geingob getting nearly 87 percent of the vote. The country's electoral commission announced Monday that the ruling SWAPO party won 80 percent of the vote in Friday's parliamentary election in the southern African country. Geingob will be inaugurated as president March 21, when the rest of the cabinet will take office. SWAPO also won 77 seats in the...

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