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Namibia goes to polls amid anger at high unemployment rate

Namibia goes to polls amid anger at high unemployment rate

Swapo party could lose its majority for the first time since independence in 1990, if youth voter turnout is high

Namibians are going to the polls with the longtime ruling party’s parliamentary majority under threat if dissatisfied young people turn out in big numbers amid a wave of anti-incumbent sentiment globally.

The Swapo party could also be forced to contest a second round in the presidential election for the first time since the sparsely populated southern African country became independent from South Africa in 1990.

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