Namibia: NNN joins growing list of African women presidents – Uncategorised

PRESIDENT Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah joined a growing list of women presidents on the African continent, following her inauguration as Namibia’s fifth head of state on Friday.

Below is the list of women who have accepted the highest office in their respective countries.

• Sylvie Kinigi, acting president of Burundi from February to October 1993
• Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, acting president of South Africa in September 2005
• Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, president of Liberia from January 2006…