Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah of Namibia's ruling SWAPO party has been elected president and will be the country's first female leader.

The opposition has rejected the results and claimed the extension was illegal

Namibia has elected its first female leader, with Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah declared the winner Tuesday of last week’s presidential election.

SWAPO vice president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has been elected as the fifth president of the Republic of Namibia. Nandi-Ndaitwah will be Namibia’s first woman president, after winning the disputed election. Her election victory was announced in Windhoek on Tuesday evening. Meanwhile, opposition parties who vowed to challenge the outcome in court boycotted the announcement of the […]

Namibia has elected Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, the incumbent Vice President, as the country’s next president on the ruling SWAPO party ticket. Nandi-Ndaitwah’s victory extends the SWAPO party’s dominance, which has been in power since Namibia’s independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990. The 72-year-old Vice President secured over 57% of the…

With two-thirds of the votes counted from last week's presidential election, Namibia's Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah is on track to become the country’s first-ever female president

Namibia elects first female leader, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, with ruling party maintaining power amid controversy.