With a strong Christian faith, she remains a traditional role model. She believes in strict regulations of highly limited abortion and is no friend of...

Namibia is classed by the World Bank as an upper-middle-income country but it is one of the most unequal in the world.

Nandi-Ndaitwah, 72, a prominent figure in Namibia's ruling SWAPO party, won the election with 57% of the vote, totaling 638,560 ballots.

Namibians vote separately for members of the National Assembly, and SWAPO led the ballot with 56.38 per cent of the 66.39 per cent of the votes tallie...

Leading the pack of 14 opposition candidates is dentist-turned-politician Panduleni Itula, who came in second in 2019.