Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, charmed Russian president Vladimir Putin with an impassioned public plea for the two men to build a strong, long-lasting friendship and work towards a peace treaty that has eluded their countries since the end of the second world war.

A child of the liberation struggle died after being hit by a car on Friday night outside Windhoek. Police say commotion erupted shortly after the deadly incident which forced the driver to flee from the scene.

The Keetmanshoop show society launched the 61 edition of the annual Keetmanshoop Agricultural and Industrial show in style at the southern town. The Mayor of Keetmanshoop Municipality Gaudentia Khrone used the opportunity to thank the Keetmanshoop community and encourage visitors to come in numbers to support the exhibitors.

Rehoboth residents are up in arms with the town council after Namwater cut off water supply at the town recently. The residents now want the council to explain why the water was disconnected in view of the fact they have been paying for services .

The Government will construct its own desalination plant in the Erongo Region by 2019 and NOT buy the Areva Desalination plant because it is too expensive. This was said by the Minister of Agriculture, Water and Forestry John Mutorwa during a meeting at Swakopmund.

Namibian farmers are breathing a sigh of relief after South Africa decided to relax some of its earlier strict measures which hampered the export of livestock to South Africa. On the 1st of July, South Africa’s Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries introduced an array of regulations, restricting the smooth export of livestock from Namibia, […]

Namibia continues to expand and improve its foot-print on the international diplomatic scene. On Friday President Hage Geingob commissioned three-new Heads of Mission to China, Algeria and the United Nations.

The chairperson of the Namibia Airports Company board, Rogers Kauta says, the arrival of three new airlines in Namibia could create competition which may drive flight ticket prices down. The airlines are Qatar Airways, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Ethiopian Airlines. Kauta noted that customers will now have more of a choice of which airline […]

The formal negotiations between Namibia and Germany on the 1904-1908 Genocide will commence next week. Vice President Nickey Iyambo made the announcement at a media conference on Friday.

Ambassador of the Southern Africa Development Community Eight Elimination group says the eradication of malaria in the SADC region is possible. However, Dr Richard Kamwi says this would require effective cooperation among member states and their people.