Wikinews: Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah sworn in as Namibia’s first female president
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, 72, former vice president of Namibia, was sworn in as Namibia’s first female president on Friday. She won the presidential election in November 2024 as the candidate of the ruling South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO).
SWAPO secured 53% of the parliamentary vote in the election, winning 51 out of 91 seats. The opposition party, Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), secured 20 seats.
Nandi-Ndaitwah became the second woman to hold a presidential position in Africa. Dignitaries from across the continent were present at her inauguration, among them seven sitting African presidents and nine former heads of state.
CBC: Conservatives update platform to include omitted ‘anti-woke’ promise
The Conservative Party has republished the English-language version of its platform after what it says was a “publishing oversight” resulted in the omission of a previous commitment to crack down on “woke ideology” in the public service and federal funding for university research.
Earlier in the campaign, the Conservatives had promised as part of their Quebec platform to “put an end to the imposition of woke ideology in the federal civil service and in the allocation of federal funds for university research.”
When the party released its full national platform on Tuesday, that commitment was repeated in the French-language version, but it was missing from the English version.
Last Updated: 23.Apr.2025 23:46 EDT
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