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 ...

A Namibian woman called out the US Embassy for allegedly extorting locals by having them pay the application fees only to deny them without reasonable cause. In a video posted on Instagram on Feb. 19, ...

Women remain significantly underrepresented in the National Council, with only seven of the 42 members being female, despite a slight improvement from the previous term, National Council secretary ...

WINDHOEK (Reuters) - Namibia's Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the government must recognise the unions of same-sex couples who married in countries where it was legal for them to do so, even ...

Since her swearing into office in March 2025, Namibia has quietly rewritten the story of leadership. The country has made history as the first in the world where the three highest offices, the ...

Namibian sprinter Christine Mboma won a silver medal in the women's 200-meter final at Tokyo 2020. After the race, she grabbed the flag of her country and rounded the track to celebrate. Mboma's flag ...

Southern Africa's desert nation of Namibia swore 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.

YAOUNDE (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Hundreds of women have spoken out about sexual harassment and abuse in Namibia, sparking what activists on Friday said was one of Africa's first major #MeToo ...

A Namibian woman has been awarded a trophy for bravery by police after saving her husband from the jaws of a crocodile, the newspaper The Namibian reported Monday. Elizabeth Shintangu, now 29, was ...

Namibia finished 24th at the FIH Hockey Women's Junior World Cup in Santiago, Chile on Saturday after losing their final play-off match 2-1 to Zimbabwe.

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