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National Assembly backs Angolan deployment

    JOHANNESBURG

    In a related development, ‘The Namibian’ reported that the National Assembly this week rejected an opposition motion calling for Angolan forces to be removed from Namibian soil.

    The motion was defeated by 35 votes to 13 after members of the ruling Southwest Africa Peoples Organisation (SWAPO) outnumbered the combined opposition. The motion on the security situation in northeast Namibia was tabled by Katuutire Kaura, leader of the opposition Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA). In a heated debate, Kaura rejected allegations that the opposition was not sympathetic to the suffering of people in the northeast.

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