South West Africa People's Organization

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• South West Africa People's Organization —   [ saʊθ west æfrɪkə piːplz ɔːgənaɪ zeɪʃn], Abkürzung SWAPO, südwestafrikanische Volksunion; politische Organisation in Namibia; 1960 als Befreiungsorganisation gegründet; hervorgegangen aus der Ovamboland People s Organization. 1964 von der OAU… …   Universal-Lexikon

• South West Africa People's Organization — The South West Africa People s Organization (SWAPO) is a political party and former liberation movement in Namibia. It has been the governing party in Namibia since independence in 1990. For electoral purposes, it is referred to as the SWAPO… …   Wikipedia

• South West Africa People's Organization — ▪ political party, Namibia       political party in Namibia (formerly South West Africa) that advocated immediate Namibian independence from South Africa and became the country s leading party following independence in 1990. It was founded in… …   Universalium

• South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) — Party in South West Africa (now Namibia) that advocated immediate independence from South Africa. Founded in 1960, it used diplomacy to attain its goals until 1966, when it turned to armed struggle. Led by Sam Nujoma and backed by the Angolan… …   Universalium

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• SWAPO sigla de South West Africa People's Organization — (Organización del Pueblo de África del Sudoeste) Partido de África del Sudoeste (actual Namibia) que abogó por la inmediata independencia de Sudáfrica. Fue fundado en 1960 y usó la diplomacia para conseguir sus fines hasta 1966, año en que optó… …   Enciclopedia Universal

• National Party of South-West Africa — Headquarters South West Africa Politics of Namibia Political parties Elections …   Wikipedia

• German South-West Africa — Deutsch Südwestafrika German colony 1884–1915 …   Wikipedia

• South West African Territorial Force — The South West African Territorial Force (SWATF) was the forerunner of the Namibian Defence Force and was basically an extension or auxiliary of the South African Defence Force to combat the SWAPO insurgency. It was formed on 1 August 1980 from… …   Wikipedia

• Ovamboland People's Organization — The Ovamboland People s Organization is a defunct nationalist organization that advocated an independent Ovamboland (Namibia). Andimba Toivo ya Toivo and Sam Nujoma founded the OPO in 1959. A year later, the organization sought a pan ethnic… …   Wikipedia

• west — /west/, n. 1. a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the left when facing north, corresponding to the point where the sun is seen to set. Abbr.: W 2. the direction in which this point lies. 3. (usually cap.) a region or territory situated in… …   Universalium