Southern Africa’s desert nation of Namibia swore in its first woman president Friday after Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah won elections that extended the ruling party’s 35-year grip on power.

STORY: Namibia's newly elected President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah pledged to tackle high unemployment rates as she took office on Friday. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Namibia's first ...

Nandi-Ndaitwah, 72, became Namibia's first female president after her SWAPO party, which has governed the nation of around 3 million people for more than three decades, secured victory in both the ...

Namibia's newly elected President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah pledged on Friday, 21 March 2025 to boost investments in the agricultural sector and diversify the resource-focused economy in an attempt to ...

PRESIDENT Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah on Saturday reduced Namibia's Cabinet to 14 ministries. PRESIDENT Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah on Saturday reduced Namibia's Cabinet from 21 to 14 ministries.

Namibia's new president was sworn in on Friday to lead a country facing high rates of unemployment, inequality and poverty. And she will be dealing with it with the additional burden of being only ...

Southern Africa's desert nation of Namibia swears in its first woman President Friday (March 21, 2025) after Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah won elections last year that extended the ruling party's 35-year ...

Namibia’s new President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah announced her first Cabinet on Saturday, appointing Lucia Witbooi as the nation’s first-ever female vice-president. Namibia is now the only ...