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Namibians vote in tight contest clouded by economic crisis

Namibian President Hage Geingob prepares to cast his vote in Windhoek, Namibia, in the country's elections Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019. Geingob's ruling party faces its biggest challenge since its independence nearly three decades ago. The resource-rich southern African nation's registered 1.3 million voters are voting for president and National Assembly members. [AP Photo/Brandon van Wyk]

Namibians voted on Wednesday in what was expected to be the toughest contest yet for the party that has ruled for three decades of independence, an election it was still expected to win despite a brutal economic crisis.

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