June 15, 1991 | The South African army ran a multimillion-dollar
covert scheme, code-named Operation Agree, to prop up its
political friends during 1989 elections in Namibia and smear the
favored South-West Africa People's Organization, a former
military agent said Friday. June 12, 1989 Hundreds of Angolans
are fleeing into neighboring Namibia to escape fighting between
right-wing rebels and Angolan government troops, a Namibian
government spokesman said. Up to 700 Angolans were reported to
have entered northern Namibia, causing a major headache for U.N.
officials, who are preparing to repatriate thousands of
Namibians after years of exile. An international airlift of
Namibian refugees starts today, the latest stage in the colony's
U.N.-organized transition to independence from South Africa.
December 5, 1999 | Hundreds of jubilant supporters in Namibia's
capital, Windhoek, celebrated the runaway victories of President
Sam Nujoma and his ruling party in the South African nation's
third democratic election. Wit