This archive report was first published on 27 November 2019.
Published on November 27, 2019, Namibians voted in presidential and legislative polls with the opposition hoping to challenge the ruling South-West African People's Party (Swapo) dominance in the national assembly.
Swapo has held more than two-thirds of the seats in Parliament since 1994, a reflection of its dominance in Namibia's politics since independence from South Africa in 1990.
With 15 political parties and 11 presidential candidates vying for power, Swapo and its candidate, President Hage Geingob, are expected to easily win the polls, given their 80 percent landslide victory in 2014.
Meanwhile, in Cameroon, the Africa Union, the Commonwealth, and La Francophonie officials are in talks with President Paul Biya's government over a deepening crisis that has seen the opposition boycott legislative polls set for February 9, 2020.
The crisis has left 3000 dead in two years, and the opposition is demanding political reforms to level the playing field, which it says has been slanted in favor of President Biya, who has ruled the country since 1982.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has also asked Egypt to respect freedom of the press in the wake of a crackdown that followed protests in September.
Additionally, Sudan has scrapped the controversial Public Order Law that severely curtailed women's rights, leading to flogging, fining, and jailing of thousands of women during Bashir's rule.
