Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah Sworn -in as First Female President of Namibia

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The 72-year-old Nandi-Ndaitwah won an election in November to become one of just a handful of female leaders in Africa, following the likes of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, Joyce Banda of Malawi, and Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania

Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah was sworn in as Namibia’s first female president on Friday. She reached the highest office in her country. She was at the forefront of fighting for independence from apartheid South Africa.

The 72-year-old Nandi-Ndaitwah won an election in November to become one of just a handful of African female leaders, following the likes of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, Joyce Banda of Malawi, and Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania.  President Hassan attended Nandi-Ndaitwah’s inauguration.

The new president made her pledge to defend, uphold, and support the constitution in front of other visiting leaders from South Africa, Zambia, Congo, Botswana, Angola, and Kenya.

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Nandi-Ndaitwah is the fifth president of Namibia. It was a German colony until the end of World War I and then won independence from South Africa in 1990 after decades of struggle and a guerilla war against South African forces that lasted more than 20 years.