Previously in the post of vice president for a year, she is a veteran of the South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO) that led the sparsely populated and uranium-rich country to ...

NNN, as she is popularly known, is a long-time loyalist of the South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO) that has governed Namibia since its independence from South Africa in 1990.

Previously the vice president, she is a stalwart of the South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO) that led the sparsely populated and uranium-rich country to independence from apartheid ...

Today, on the 35 th anniversary of Namibia’s independence, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah will be sworn in as the country’s president, having won the November 2024 presidential elections for the South West ...

"Your victory is the moment of prise for African women," she said. Hassen said Nandi-Ndaitwah is known as 'Mama Swapo' in Tanzania after she played a key role in the coordination of the liberation ...

Her SWAPO party, which has ruled the country of about 3 million people for over three decades, won both the presidential and parliamentary elections in November. Nandi-Ndaitwah, who previously ...

Previously in the post of vice president, she is a veteran of the South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO) that led the sparsely populated and uranium-rich country to independence from ...

The South West Africa People’s Organisation (Swapo)—the former liberation movement that has governed since independence—retained power in the National Assembly with 53.4 percent of the vote, down from ...

Political analyst Henning Melber says Swapo has put themselves in a difficult situation since "tampering" with the appropriate procedures to fill positions using proper elections. His comments ...