Founding President Sam Nujoma has once again volunteered to work on the Northern Railway Line Extension Project to speed up its completion. The former statesman wants to see more young people volunteering at the project, adding that a country without the youth is like a tree without branches.
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir on Tuesday announced that former rebel leader Riek Machar had been replaced as vice-president, confirming signs of serious divisions within the opposition. Kiir said he had appointed Taban Deng Gai to the post on the recommendation of the top leadership of the group Machar heads.
Members of the Shack Dwellers Federation at Kalkrand village in the Hardap Region, are demanding that all plots allegedly pledged by the council to them in 2015 be handed over to them. They say they have been fighting for land for years and after it was allegedly promised to them, they only received part of […]
The Omaheke Regional Council is calling on government to invest more in projects aimed at developing the region. The Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Regional Council, Maria Vaendwanawa says the region has great potential and needs adequate financial investment and skills development.
Regional experts say Namibian diplomats play an important role when it comes to trade and investment, and as such it is critical that they be conversant in Namibia’s trade and investment issues. In an interview with NBC News on the sidelines of the Conference on the Review of Foreign Policy underway in Windhoek, the Executive […]
Hundreds of crocodiles and hippos are stranded in drying rivers of the Zambezi Region. They are facing certain death if nothing is done to save them and the only way for these animals to survive is relocation. The intense drought experienced in Namibia is now taking its toll on dozens of crocodiles and hippos as […]
By: Katrina Gowases The President of the National Paralympic Committee of Namibia, Johannes Litwayi, is happy with the way Namibian para-athletes are preparing themselves for the Rio Olympics. The Namibian Paralympics team returned home with 16 medals from the IPC Grand Prix in London, United Kingdom and welcomed another gold medal collected by sprinter Johanna […]
A 47-year-old gardener was brutally attacked by three pit bull dogs at Otjiwarongo in the Otjozondjupa region on Monday. The same pit bulls had attacked and badly injured a woman and her daughter at the town earlier this year. The incident occurred when the dogs were allegedly released from a cage to go relieve themselves […]
The village of Omega-One which is about 70 kilometers east of Divundu in the Kavango East region now has a state-of-the-art police station. The police station is expected to play a significant role in the fight against poaching in the Bwabwata National Park.
Namibia’s international relations and cooperation policy must embrace the changing diplomatic landscape around the world. It must also take into consideration the ”New Africa” narrative and be rooted in Pan-Africanism. These were the words with which President Hage Geingob opened the five-day long ”Foreign Policy Review Conference” in Windhoek on Monday.
