Namibia Archives - Daily Dates Nigeria https://dailydatesng.com/tag/namibia/ NEWS & ISLAM Fri, 21 Mar 2025 16:15:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://dailydatesng.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/DAILYDATES-LOGO-SMALL-150x150.jpg Namibia Archives - Daily Dates Nigeria https://dailydatesng.com/tag/namibia/ 32 32 173750484 Namibia Inaugurates 72 Year-old First Woman President https://dailydatesng.com/2025/03/21/namibia-inaugurates-72-year-old-first-woman-president/ Fri, 21 Mar 2025 16:10:21 +0000 https://dailydatesng.com/?p=8615 Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has been sworn in as Namibia’s first female president and the country’s fifth leader after winning elections last year. Nandi-Ndaitwah, 72, was sworn in by Namibian Chief Justice Peter Shivute after outgoing President Nangolo Mbumba, 83, transferred power to her on Friday during the country’s 35th Independence Day celebration.   The handover was […]

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]]> Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has been sworn in as Namibia’s first female president and the country’s fifth leader after winning elections last year.

President of Namibia Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (Photo by SIMON MAINA / AFP)

Nandi-Ndaitwah, 72, was sworn in by Namibian Chief Justice Peter Shivute after outgoing President Nangolo Mbumba, 83, transferred power to her on Friday during the country’s 35th Independence Day celebration.

 

The handover was originally planned for the Independence Stadium, the ceremony was relocated to the State House due to rare heavy rains.

The event was attended by heads of state from several African nations, including Angola, South Africa, and Tanzania.

Speaking during the inauguration, Tanzanian President Samia Hassan said Namibia is making history by swearing in a female president in Africa.

Hassan, who is also her country’s first female leader, thanked Nandi-Ndaitwah for “setting the bar”.

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]]> 8615 Namibia Elects First Female President https://dailydatesng.com/2024/12/04/namibia-elects-first-female-president/ Wed, 04 Dec 2024 11:53:11 +0000 https://dailydatesng.com/?p=8223 Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, from the governing South West Africa People’s Organisation (Swapo), has been voted in as Namibia’s first female president after last week’s disputed election. The electoral commission said she had won more than 57% of vote, with her closest rival Panduleni Itula, getting 26%. Following logistical problems and a three-day extension to polling in […]

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Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, from the governing South West Africa People’s Organisation (Swapo), has been voted in as Namibia’s first female president after last week’s disputed election.

The electoral commission said she had won more than 57% of vote, with her closest rival Panduleni Itula, getting 26%.

Following logistical problems and a three-day extension to polling in some parts of the country, Itula said the electoral process was “deeply flawed”, the Reuters news agency reports.

His Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) party said it would challenge the results in court.

Most opposition parties boycotted the results announcement on Tuesday evening in the capital, Windhoek, the Namibian newspaper reports.

Windhoek is reported to be calm on Wednesday, with neither celebrations nor protests and people carrying on with their normal lives.

After the announcement of her victory, Nandi Ndaitwah said: “The Namibian nation has voted for peace and stability.”

Nandi will join an exclusive club as at the moment Tanzania’s Samia Suluhu Hassan is Africa’s only female president.

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]]> 8223 Namibia’s President Hage Geingob Dies At 82 https://dailydatesng.com/2024/02/04/namibias-president-hage-geingob-dies-at-82/ Sun, 04 Feb 2024 11:48:06 +0000 https://dailydatesng.com/?p=7540 Namibia’s President, Hage Geingob has died on Sunday morning in a hospital in Windhoek. Hage Geingob died at the age of 82. Geingob, who was serving his second term as president and was his country’s first prime minister after independence, revealed last month that he was being treated for cancer. Most recently, he took a […]

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]]> Namibia’s President, Hage Geingob has died on Sunday morning in a hospital in Windhoek.

Hage Geingob died at the age of 82.

Geingob, who was serving his second term as president and was his country’s first prime minister after independence, revealed last month that he was being treated for cancer.

Most recently, he took a stand by supporting South Africa’s complaint against Israel under the Genocide Convention and by condemning Namibia’s former colonial ruler Germany for rejecting the case.

“It is with utmost sadness and regret that I inform you that our beloved Dr. Hage G. Geingob, the President of the Republic of Namibia, has passed on today,” read a statement signed by acting president Nangolo Mbumba.

“At his side, was his dear wife Madame Monica Geingos and his children.”

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