Voting at 16: Public Opinion on Electoral Age Reform in Namibia and Africa
WORKING PAPER SERIES – WP 2026/03 | August 2026 Youth enfranchisement, electoral reform and public opinion in Africa This working paper examines public opinion on lowering the voting age from 18…
Namibian Attitudes Toward Migrant Workers on the Eve of the Resource Boom
WORKING PAPER SERIES WP 2026/04 | August 2026 Namibia is entering a resource moment. Deep-water oil in the Orange Basin and a continental-scale green hydrogen build-out will draw foreign labour into…
Namibia’s election debacle: Time for urgent reform
Namibia, quo vadis? By Christiaan Keulder As it turned out, the 2024 presidential and National Assembly election was a watershed. But for all the wrong reasons. Never in its democratic history…
Afrobarometer clarifies inaccuracies in recent media coverage of Round 10 survey in Namibia
Afrobarometer wishes to address recent inaccuracies in media coverage related to its Round 10 survey findings in Namibia. Afrobarometer is a pan-African, non-partisan survey research network that provides reliable data on African…
Food insecurity on the rise in Namibia, recent Afrobarometer study shows
Majority of Namibians say corruption is rising and citizens risk retaliation if they speak out, new Afrobarometer study shows
Two-thirds of Namibians say corruption in the country is getting worse, although this share has decreased significantly in recent years, a new Afrobarometer survey indicates. Large majorities believe that at least “some”…
Afrobarometer: Namibians support access to contraceptives and sex education
Namibians split on termination of unwanted pregnancies
Afrobarometer 2024 | Views on elections and the state of democracy
Presentation 31 May 2024: Highlights from 2024 Afrobarometer Round 10 survey in Namibia DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION
Majority of Namibians support elections as the best way to choose their leaders, new Afrobarometer study shows
Almost three-quarters (72%) of Namibians say they voted in the last national election in 2019, while 25% say they did not.
How do Africans view military interventions?
54% of Africans support the military taking control when politicians abuse power, but 68% don’t see military rule as an alternative to democracy.