Skip to main content
Donate to the 95 years appeal
Voting in Namibian elections extended amidst technical hitches
Namibians queue to cast their votes in presidential elections in Windhoek, Namibia, November 27, 2024

NAMIBIANS were still voting today, hours after polls had been scheduled to close in a presidential and parliamentary election.

Logistical issues left crowds waiting to vote although polls were scheduled to close on Wednesday evening.

Although some voters had still to cast their vote, tellers had begun the count at some polling stations with early results initially expected by Saturday, according to the electoral authorities.

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
More from this author
Chinese President Xi Jinping virtually addresses a climate summit, September 24, 2025, at U.N. headquarters
Climate Crisis / 25 September 2025
25 September 2025
Morning Star team in China
Features / 20 September 2025
20 September 2025

ROGER McKENZIE argues that the BRI represents a choice between treating humans as commodities or as equals — an essential project when, aside from China’s efforts, hundreds of millions worldwide are trapped in poverty

A PROMISE RENEGED ON: Let Us Beat Swords Into Plowshares bronze sculpture by Soviet artist Evgeny Vuchetich which encapsules the UN charter. It was presented to the UN in December 1959 by the government of the USSR, it stands in the North Garden of UN HQ in New York Pic: Rodsan18/CC
Features / 18 September 2025
18 September 2025

The colonial mindset behind the governance of the UN is the reason for its inertia when it comes to conflict resolution, argues ROGER McKENZIE – but can China’s Global Governance Initiative point in a new direction of global equality?

Conference on Belt and Road Initiative media coverage opens in China
China / 16 September 2025
16 September 2025
Similar stories
Skulls of people from the Ovaherero and Nama tribes, which were taken by German colonial forces more than a century ago for racial experiments, are returned to Namibian tribal leaders during a ceremony in September 2011, in Berlin, Germany
Colonialism / 29 May 2025
29 May 2025
Sam Nujoma speaks during an election rally in Windhoek, Nami
World / 9 February 2025
9 February 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron (right) and Prime Minister
World / 4 December 2024
4 December 2024