Uganda has requested Namibia to host the 8th Pan-African Movement congress next year. Uganda’s Special Envoy and Justice Minister, Kahinda Otafiire informed President Hage Geingob that the movement deems Namibia as a centre for Pan African ideals in Southern Africa. The Pan-Africanism movement aims to encourage and strengthen solidarity between all people of African descent […]

Environmentalist Chris Brown says he doubts that other consultants doing the Environmental Impact Assessment study on proposed seabed phosphate mining would have reached a different conclusion. Ministry of Environment issued an environmental clearance certificate to Namibia Marine Phosphate’s (NMP) based on an environmental consultant’s advice. Responding to a challenge by a member of the public, […]

Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Health Cleopa Mailu says his country is looking to extend current collaboration agreements with Namibia. Possible areas identified include the agricultural sector. Collaboration in the health sector currently dominates Namibia-Kenya relations after a Memorandum of Understanding was signed for training and exchange of health personnel. For the past four-years, Kenyan nurses […]

With anti refugee rhetoric prevalent throughout the US presidential campaign, many Americans have expressed concern about the economic impact on refugees. But one community in upstate New York has rolled out the welcome mat to refugees.

Mpungu Constituency Councillor, Titus Shiudifonya says plans are underway to bring potable water to community members of his constituency. Currently the community is forced to use water from a dirt and mosquito infested pond.

The burial of 17-year old Megameno Kamwangha who was stabbed while trying to defend a young woman whose phone was snatched by thieves will take place this weekend at Onamutayi Village in the Oshana Region.

The Aroab Small Farmers Union has fired its Secretary Gertjie Witbooi. The union accused Witbooi of misusing his position.

The US embassy has donated a school fence, valued at more than 200 000 dollars, to the Linyanti Combined School in the Zambezi Region.

The Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) hosted a preparatory with international delegates from the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) in anticipation of the latter’s upcoming ‘World Festival of Youth’, scheduled to take place in Russia 2017. WFDY was formed during the Cold War to unite progressive youth of the world to fight imperialism through […]