Marine Le Pen returned to the campaign trail in La Fleche, western France, on Wednesday, a day after a Paris appeals court shortened her ban from public office and kept her 2027 presidential hopes alive.

President-elect Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has dismissed rumours about her health at the Swapo Party's victory celebrations at the Sam Nujoma Stadium in the capital.

Dr. Nandi-Ndaitwah rubbished allegations that she has been in and out of the hospital during the campaign period.