Flipboard<p>In December, Namibia elected its first woman president, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, who will take office in March if court proceedings over the results go her way. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@thecontinent" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thecontinent</span></a></span> looks at who she is — “hawkish and conservative,” and the country she’ll be leading.</p><p><a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/first-woman-president-crowned-after" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">continent.substack.com/p/first</span><span class="invisible">-woman-president-crowned-after</span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Namibia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Namibia</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NetumboNandiNdaitwah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NetumboNandiNdaitwah</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/WorldNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldNews</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Newstodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewstodonFriday</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FollowFriday</span></a></p>