SWAPO
Britishacronym
Example Sentences
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He became a leader in the Modern Youth Society and helped form precursors to SWAPO.
From Washington Post • Jun. 13, 2017
An activist since the early 1950s, he had helped found the independence movement known as the South West Africa People’s Organization, or SWAPO, which challenged South African rule through protest and guerrilla warfare.
From Washington Post • Jun. 13, 2017
It was the largest South African military venture into Angola since the mission last August that yielded abundant, but unsurprising, evidence of Soviet support for SWAPO.
From Time Magazine Archive
Despite the U.N.'s endorsement of SWAPO, he said that his organization would accept "equal status" in the election campaign with Namibian political parties sponsored by South Africa.
From Time Magazine Archive
Declared Foreign Minister Botha: "SWAPO must surrender, lay down their arms, hoist a white flag."
From Time Magazine Archive
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