President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah who took over last week on Friday became the country’s first female president. But the land of the ‘brave’ as Namibia is known had two other aces up its sleeve.

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

Since her swearing into office in March 2025, Namibia has quietly rewritten the story of leadership. The country has made history as the first in the world where the three highest offices, the ...

Henning Melber is a member of Swapo since 1974. 10 December is worldwide commemorated as Human Rights Day. It marks the anniversary of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted on that day ...

OSIRE REFUGEE CAMP, Namibia, March 8 (UNHCR) - With a disease that is both deadly and shrouded in stigma, everyone would like advice from someone they trust. That is the role taken on by Congolese ...

Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah becomes the first woman to rule the mineral-rich southern African country that has been governed by the SWAPO party since independence in 1990 ...

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

Namibia's ruling SWAPO party was declared winner Tuesday of last week's disputed elections, ushering in the southern African country's first woman president after a disputed vote that the main ...