Namibia National Front
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The Namibia National Front was an alliance of moderate parties in Namibia
. It was formed in 1977 as a merger of the Namibia National Convention (which had been marginalized after SWAPO's departure from it) and the Namibia National Council.
At the time of its formation NNF consisted of the following groups:
In 1978 some groups left NNF to form Namibia People's Liberation Front
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Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...
. It was formed in 1977 as a merger of the Namibia National Convention (which had been marginalized after SWAPO's departure from it) and the Namibia National Council.
At the time of its formation NNF consisted of the following groups:
- Damara CouncilDamara CouncilThe Damara Council was a political party in Damaraland, a Bantustan in South West Africa . In 1989, the DC was one of 8 political parties which formed the United Democratic Front. 6 of the 8 parties were ethnically affiliated, as they had taken part in the government's of various Bantustans...
- Damara Executive CommitteeDamara Executive CommitteeThe Damara Executive Committee was a political party in Namibia, based amongst the Dama people. DEC was founded by a group of people based in the Damara Tribal Executive Committee , which was not a political party as such...
- Federal Party
- South West African National UnionSouth West African National UnionThe South West Africa National Union is the oldest political party in Namibia, formed in 1959. The most of its members came from the Herero people, while fellow independence movement SWAPO was mostly an Ovambo party. The party's President is Usutuaije Maamberua.The first President of SWANU was...
- Mbanderu Council
- Namibia Progressive Party
- Namibia Independence PartyNamibia Independence PartyThe Namibia Independence Party, initially known as National Independence Party was a political party in Namibia. In 1975, the NIP joined the Turnhalle Constitutional Conference. Later, the party joined the Namibia National Front....
- Voice of the People PartyVoice of the People PartyThe Voice of the People Party was a political party in Namibia. The party was led by Kephes Conradie.In 1972, it joined the National Convention. Later it joined the Namibia National Front ....
In 1978 some groups left NNF to form Namibia People's Liberation Front
Namibia People's Liberation Front
The Namibia People's Liberation Front was an alliance of moderate political parties in Namibia. It was formed in 1978 by the Voice of the People Party, the Damara Executive Committee and the Bondelswarts Council....
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