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.

Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) member of parliament Michael Mwashindange has criticised the national budget for ...

Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, Namibia's first female president ... Nandi-Ndaitwah is the latest in a small list of women to hold the presidency in Africa. Others include Ellen Sirleaf Johnson in ...

Nandi-Ndaitwah secured 58 percent of the vote in the chaotic November elections, which were extended several times after logistical failures led to major delays.

Outgoing leader Mbumba hands power to Nandi-Ndaitwah at a ceremony coinciding with country’s 35th independence day.

has been sworn in as the first female president of Namibia, a southwestern country on the brink of an oil and gas boom. Nandi-Ndaitwah became one of the few women leaders on the African continent ...

Southern Africa's desert nation of Namibia swears in its first woman president ... Nandi-Ndaitwah, 72, will become one of the few women leaders in the region when she is inaugurated at a ceremony ...

Members of parliaments across Africa face regular accusations of being unrepresentative of their constituents.