{"id":80150,"date":"2025-03-20T20:52:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T20:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/president-joao-lourenco-travels-to-namibia-thursday"},"modified":"2025-04-20T12:30:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T12:30:45","slug":"president-joao-lourenco-travels-to-namibia-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/president-joao-lourenco-travels-to-namibia-thursday","title":{"rendered":"President Jo\u00e3o Louren\u00e7o Travels to Namibia Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. <\/strong><\/span><b>The President of the Republic, Joa\u0303o Lourenc\u0327o, is to travel Thursday to Windhoek, with the aim to attend the inauguration of the new Namibian Head of State, Ms Netumbo Nandi-Nadaitwah, elected in November 2024, the Press Services of the Presidency of the Republic informed Wednesday, in Luanda.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The swearing-in of the one who is also the leader of the South West African People&#8217;s Organisation (SWAPO), Namibia\u2019s ruling party, which will make her the country&#8217;s fifth President, will take place at the Independence Stadium, as it was with her predecessors, in a ceremony that will be held on the same date of the country&#8217;s 35th anniversary of independence.<\/p>\n<p>Several heads of state and government were invited to participate in the event, including the President of Angola, who is also the current Leader of the African Union, Joa\u0303o Lourenc\u0327o.<\/p>\n<p>Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah won the seventh general elections, held in November last year, with 57% of the total votes of two million voters, in what was considered one of the most difficult elections for the SWAPO party, which has been in power for 35 years.<\/p>\n<p>She will succeed the acting President Nangolo Mbumba, who took over after the death of Hage Geingob in February 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Netumbo\u2019s main opponent, Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) candidate, Panduleni Itula, came in second with 25.50% of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>One of the new President&#8217;s main challenges, launched during the campaign, is the need to attract investment \u201cthrough political diplomacy\u201d being committed to create more than 250,000 jobs in five years.<\/p>\n<p>The new head of state, 72, wants to focus on reducing high youth unemployment rates, an issue she has promised to tackle with investments in green energy, agriculture and infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Angola<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. The President of the Republic, Joa\u0303o Lourenc\u0327o, is to travel Thursday to Windhoek, with the aim to attend the inauguration of the new Namibian Head of State, Ms Netumbo Nandi-Nadaitwah, elected in November 2024, the Press Services of the Presidency of the Republic informed Wednesday, in Luanda. 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