C OSTA NAVARINO, Greece — Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee and become the ...

Ndaitwah, Namibia's first female president, has been sworn in. She has vowed to diversify the economy and fight unemployment.

The 41-year-old Zimbabwean was unanimously selected to the top post in one round of voting that took less than ten minutes.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has elected its first female president for the first time in its 130 year history.

Kirsty Coventry became the first woman and first African to be elected president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) ...

Kirsty Coventry, 41, of Zimbabwe becomes the first woman to lead the IOC. She is eligible to serve up to a 12-year term.

COSTA NAVARINO -- Kirsty Coventry was elected as the 10th president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday, ...

Zimbabwe's sports minister, Kirsty Coventry, was elected as the 100th President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on March 20, 2025.

The International Olympic Committee elected its first female president Thursday morning. Utah’s Olympic Organizing Committee ...

The 41-year-old two-time Olympic swimming champion, who is from Zimbabwe, is also the first African to be elected, and the ...

Sudan, which has been in the grip of a two-year-old war between the army and a paramilitary group, has a history of civil ...