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 Hifikepunye Pohamba


 * 1. Hifikepunye Pohamba is the President of Namibia. He is a fighter for what he believes in and even though being involved in SWAPO has put him in difficult situations, he continues to fight for what is right. **
 * 2. Namibia is located in Southern Africa and shares borders with South Africa, Botswana, Angola, and Zambia. Namibia has a population of 2.3 million people. After the Namibian War of Independence, Namibia earned their right to freedom on March 21, 1990. Their economy is related closely to South Africa’s because of their shared history and backed up with mainly mining but also tourism, manufacturing, and agriculture. Due to the Namib Desert, Namibia is one of the least densely populated countries in the world and half its population lives in poverty. Diseases like HIV/AIDS have also heavily affected the people and 15% of the adult population are infected. Most of the population is Christian and the official language is English. **

** 3. Hifikepunye was born in Okanghudi, Namibia on August 18, 1935 and grew up in northern Owambo. He attended Holy Cross Anglican Mission School and later worked in the Tsumeb copper mine from 1956 to 1960. AFter leaving the mine, he worked full time as an organizer in Ovamboland People’s Organization which was later renamed to SWAPO, South West Africa People’s Organization. It’s a countrywide movement with a goal of freedom and he has been the president of it since 2007. Throughout his life he has been charged, arrested, whipped in public, and gone under house arrest because of his political activism. He was elected the second president of Namibia aft ** **er its independence in 2005. **


 * 4. Sam Nujoma was the previous president of Namibia and greatly supported Pohamba going into office. He backed him up, had similar views when it came to certain political views like land reform, and was also an influential leader in SWAPO. Thomas Nkobi was his ANC, Africa National Congress, colleague who he got to have a closer relationship with over time. Jacob Zuma, the president of South Africa, and Robert Mugabe, the president of Zimbabwe, are both supporters of land reform like Hifikepunye Pohamba. Mwai Kibaki is the president of Kenya and made plans to redistribute land because he is also a land reform supporter. Pohamba doesn't really have three close references that reflect him but these five people are examples of people who support the same views as he does. **


 * 5. Hifikepunye Pohamba has put the country in a very good spot, ranking high overall in every category. They are doing a great job now and with more money would be able to keep up with the good work. **


 * Safety and Rule of Law: 4th place, 78/100 overall **
 * **Rule of Law: 6th place, 81/100 **
 * **Accountability: 4th place, 76/100 **
 * **Personal Safety: 7th place, 63/100 **
 * **National Security: 10th place, 95/100 **


 * Participation and Human Rights: 8th place, 66/100 overall **
 * **Rights: 4th place, 69/100 **


 * Sustainable Economic Opportunity: 9th place, 63/100 overall **
 * **Business Environment: 9th place, 66/100 **


 * Human Development: 10th place, 72/100 overall **
 * **Health: 6th place, 88/100 **

**Works Cited **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">"BBC News - Profile: Hifikepunye Pohamba." BBC News - Home. N.p., 27 Nov. 2009. Web. 1 Oct. 2012. <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4007747.stm>. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">"Hifikepunye Pohamba." Namibia | Cardboard Box Travel Shop. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Oct. 2012. <http://www.namibian.org/travel/namibia/history/pohamba.html>. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">*Hobbs, Joseph J.. World regional geography. 6th ed. Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning, 2009. Print. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">SellstroÌˆm, Tor. Sweden and national liberation in Southern Africa. Uppsala: Nordic Africa Institute (Nordiska Afrikainstitutet) ;, 2002. Print. **