Kenya found itself in a dangerous limbo on Friday as violent protests rocked opposition strongholds a day after a deeply divisive election that has left eight people dead. Plans to restage elections in the western Nyanza region where violence blocked voting on Thursday were again delayed as election chief Wafula Chebukati said he feared for […]

The Madrid government sacked Catalonia’s president and dismissed its parliament on Friday, hours after the region declared itself an independent nation, in Spain’s gravest political crisis since the return of democracy four decades ago. A new election will be held in Catalonia on 21 December, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said in a televised address on […]

By next year, each Namibian must consume at least 70 kilograms of fish per year, following the example of countries like Norway and Japan. This is the task given to the newly inaugurated Namibia Fish Consumption Promotion Trust board at Walvis Bay.

Residents of Katima Mulilo, whose houses were recently demolished staged a peaceful demonstration to hand over a petition in which they demand for land from the Katima Mulilo Town Council and the Zambezi Regional Governor. The President of the official opposition, McHenry Venaani joined the residents.

The Governor of the Zambezi Region says measures are being put in place to assist the homeless residents of Katima Mulilo whose structures were recently demolished by the local authority.

The Agriculture, Water and Forestry Minister John Mutorwa launched Operation Katemo at the Bravo resettlement farm in the Kavango West Region.

President Hage Geingob has handed over about 200 houses to beneficiaries at Walvis Bay. The houses were constructed on plots serviced under the Government’s massive urban land servicing project at the harbour town. The construction was completed within seven months after Government embarked on the project.

President Hage Geingob today commissioned two new naval ships, Daures and Brukkaros, for the Namibian navy at Walvis Bay. The ships were donated by the Chinese government. The commissioning coincided with the 13th anniversary of the navy.

More should be done to implement laws meant to protect vulnerable members of society. The speaker of the National Assembly believes there is sufficient legislation to protect the vulnerable but admits the implementation of such laws has been sluggish.

The fourth annual Arandis Investment Conference and Uranium Festival was launched on Wednesday by the minister of Information and Communication Technology, Tjekero Tweya, who is also the event’s patron. He said the conference will be hosted under the theme ‘The Hot Spot for Renewable Energy’.