A recent UC Davis study looks at Namibia’s Himba community, an isolated, agro-pastoralist population in which marriage between people with the same ancestor occurs. (Getty Images) When it comes to the ...

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 ...

Southern Africa's desert nation of Namibia swears in its first woman president on Friday after Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah won elections last year that extended the ruling party's 35-year grip on power.

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, ...

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 becomes the first woman to rule the mineral-rich southern African country that has been governed by the SWAPO party since independence in 1990 ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Naimbia's president-elect Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah. [AFP] Southern Africa's desert nation of ...

Namibia's ruling SWAPO party was declared winner Tuesday of last week's disputed elections, ushering in the southern African country's first woman president after a disputed vote that the main ...

Southern Africa's desert nation of Namibia swears 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. Nandi ...

The government and minister of health and social services have been ordered to pay N$1 million to a woman who suffered serious injuries when she gave birth to her first child at Otjiwarongo State ...

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. The Barron's ...