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.

Desert of Namibia follows the mercurial 21-year-old Kana (Yumi Kawai), a hair-removal technician at a salon in Tokyo, who bristles against the beauty expectations placed on women her age. Her ...

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 ...

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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 ...

The announcement has been underscored by a notice from the U.S. Embassy in Namibia, which has urged American travellers to begin preparations for the new visa requirements. "Visitors arriving in ...

WINDHOEK – Ms Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah was sworn in as Namibia’s first female president as the south-west African nation prepares for an anticipated oil and gas boom. The 72-year-old took the ...

HyIron said it has produced the first green hydrogen molecules at its facility in Namibia, where construction began in April 2024. It said the 12 MW electrolyzer, the largest of its kind in ...

Namibia’s first woman president, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, during her inauguration ceremony in at the State House Windhoek, Namibia, on 21 March 2025. Picture: X/PresidencyZA CAPE TOWN - The ...

WINDHOEK - Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton scored 65 runs and Nikolaas Davin added 52 as Namibia defeated Canada by eight wickets in a T20 cricket game Sunday. Their 104-run second-wicket partnership was a ...