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Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah Elected as Namibia’s First Woman President

HeadlineDec 04, 2024

Voters in Namibia have elected their nation’s first woman president. On Tuesday, Namibia’s Electoral Commission reported Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah of the governing South West Africa People’s Organization had won the first round of voting outright with 57% of the vote. Opposition politicians contested the result, claiming a “deeply flawed” electoral process and promising a legal challenge.

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