When the International Court of Justice ruled in 1971 that South African rule in Namibia was illegal, various pro-independence groups and parties, including the South West Africa National Union (SWANU), the South West Africa Peoples Organization (SWAPO), and the National Unity Democratic Organisation

National Unity Democratic Organisation

The National Unity Democratic Organisation is a political party in Namibia that is based among the Herero. NUDO was part of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance from the Turnhalle Constitutional Conference of the 1970s until it withdrew in September 2003, accusing the DTA of failing to work for...

(NUDO) formed the National Convention as a united front against South African rule.