Stable Overall

The ruling SWAPO party has been in power since independence in 1990 and is seen by the overwhelming majority of the electorate as the natural party of government. In general it has ruled wisely, although pockets of the population, particularly certain indigenous peoples, maintain reservations about SWAPO's objective of modernising the country's way of life, and tensions exist over the absence of job opportunities, especially for the young. There is no fundamental reason to question ongoing political stability, but inevitably such a young country faces many

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