WINDHOEK, Namibia — A woman who joined Namibia's underground independence movement in the 1970s is a strong contender to become its first female leader as the country voted Wednesday in a presidential ...

Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, Namibia's first female president, has been sworn in. She has vowed to diversify the economy and fight unemployment. The 72-year-old Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, nicknamed NNN, was ...

A Namibian woman called out the US Embassy for allegedly extorting locals by having them pay the application fees only to deny them without reasonable cause. In a video posted on Instagram on Feb. 19, ...

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 ...

Namibian sprinter Christine Mboma won a silver medal in the women's 200-meter final at Tokyo 2020. After the race, she grabbed the flag of her country and rounded the track to celebrate. Mboma's flag ...

Namibia elected its first woman president with Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah winning last week’s presidential elections disputed by technical and logistical issues in the country. The 72-year-old, the ...

Her presence embodies discipline, trust, and progress in equal measure. Wonder Guchu On any given day of state ceremony in Windhoek, the nation’s attention naturally turns to the flags, the speeches, ...

Entries have officially opened for Miss Curvylicious Namibia 2026, a new pageant dedicated to celebrating authentic African beauty and combating body shaming. Scheduled to take place in October 2026, ...

Windhoek, Namibia - 05, 20, 2021: Namibian LGBTQIA rights Activists demonstrate in protest march in support of recognition of same sex marriages | Shutterstock In a historic ruling, the Supreme Court ...