[Agenzia Fides] Windhoek -- Namibia is holding elections for a new president and parliament today, November 27. The favorite for the highest office in the State is outgoing Vice President Ntumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, appointed by President Hage Geingob, who died suddenly in February this year. Nandi-Ndaitwah joined the ruling party in the early 1970s, the historic liberation movement WAPO (South West Africa People's Organization), which fought for the country's independence from South Africa. A party that has governed the country since
