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 ...

Promoting women's rights and gender equality in Namibia / Anton Bèosl -- Women's Action for Development: 15 years of experience with customary practice in rural Namibia / Veronica de Klerk -- Women ...

Sister Anne Arabome with other women religious at the Sophia Institute for Theological Studies and Spiritual Formation in Namibia. (Credit: Sophia Institute for Theological Studies and Spiritual ...

On the margins of the African Union Summit, Namibia, through its Mission in Addis Ababa, co-convened a high-level Presidential Fireside Conversation under the theme “Beyond Barriers: Women Leaders ...

Namibia and Zambia will bring the 2021 African series of women’s 15s test matches to a close. A total of 11 countries were involved in this series in 2021. The purpose of the series was to assess ...

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 ...