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Namibia inaugurates its first woman president

Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah won elections that extended the ruling party's 35-year grip on power. [File, Courtesy]

Southern Africa's desert nation of Namibia swore in its first woman president Friday after Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah won elections that extended the ruling party's 35-year grip on power.

Nandi-Ndaitwah, 72, became one of the few women to lead an African nation in a ceremony attended by heads of state from several countries in the continent including Angola, South Africa and Tanzania.

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