Nandi-Ndaitwah has been a loyal member of the governing party, Swapo, since she was a teenager and pledges to lead Namibia's economic transformation. Nandi-Ndaitwah was born in 1952, in the ...

The 72-year-old is a former freedom fighter and veteran of the ruling South West Africa People's Organization – better known as SWAPO. In a special interview recorded in Windhoek, she speaks to ...

His policy on AIDS earned him some international praise, but he came under fire for refusing to rehabilitate several hundred SWAPO fighters who were kept in prison in Angola accused of being ...

STORY: Namibia's newly elected President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah pledged to tackle high unemployment rates as she took office on Friday.Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Namibia's first female ...

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 ...

The white-bearded liberator came under fire for refusing to rehabilitate several hundred SWAPO fighters who were kept in prison in Angola accused of being "spies" for South Africa. Thousands of ...

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A towering figure, Nujoma headed the South West Peoples' Organisation (SWAPO) that led the liberation struggle since its inception in 1960. Namibian liberation hero and founding president Sam ...

The white-bearded liberator came under fire for refusing to rehabilitate several hundred SWAPO fighters who were kept in prison in Angola accused of being "spies" for South Africa. Thousands of ...