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Namibia elects Nandi-Ndaitwah as first woman president
French President Emmanuel Macron (right) and Prime Minister Michel Barnier stand at attention during commemorations marking the 106th anniversary of the November 11, 1918, Armistice, ending World War I, at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, November 11, 2024

NAMIBIA is to have its first female leader after Vice-President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah was declared the winner of last week’s presidential election.

The voting was tarnished by technical glitches that caused a three-day extension to allow ballots to be cast, a decision branded illegal by opposition parties.

Ms Nandi-Ndaitwah won with 57 per cent of the vote, followed by the candidate of the main opposition Independent Patriots for Change with 25.5 per cent, the electoral authority announced on Tuesday.

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