2 December

Namibia's incumbent president has won his second term despite a sharp decrease in voter support.

President Hage Geingob received 56.3 percent of the vote in the presidential election in the southwestern African nation last Wednesday.

That's a sharp decline from the 86.7 percent he won in the previous election in 2014.

The drop is believed to reflect public frustration with a high jobless rate of more than 30 percent, the government's measures to deal with a serious drought, and a corruption scandal.

Geingob's SWAPO party which led a liberation movement in Namibia has held power since the country's independence from South Africa in 1990.

Geingob vowed on Twitter, "I am humbled and commit to serve the Namibian nation with more passion and utmost dedication, to bring tangible improvements in the lives of our citizens."

An opposition challenger trailed Geingob with 29.4 percent of the vote.

NHK