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Namibia: Road to Presidency Was Long and Bumpy – Nandi-Ndaitwah Namibia

Namibia: Road to Presidency Was Long and Bumpy – Nandi-Ndaitwah

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says her ascent to Namibia's highest office was "long and bumpy" and shaped by a male-dominated political landscape. Speaking at a recent public lecture during her first official presidential visit to Tanzania, Nandi-Ndaitwah reflected on the challenges she faced as a woman in politics, revealing that her…
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June 1, 2025
Namibia holds its first genocide remembrance day to mark mass killings by colonial ruler Germany Namibia

Namibia holds its first genocide remembrance day to mark mass killings by colonial ruler Germany

By: Sonja Smith, The Associated Press Posted: 10:17 AM CDT Wednesday, May. 28, 2025 WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) — Namibia marked the mass killings of Indigenous people in the early 20th century by former colonial ruler Germany with its first genocide remembrance day on Wednesday. Read this article for free: To…
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June 1, 2025
Namibia: Namibia to Hold First Commemoration of German Genocide This Week Namibia

Namibia: Namibia to Hold First Commemoration of German Genocide This Week

Namibia this week will holdits first national commemoration for victims of mass killings by German occupiers in what is widely recognised as the first genocide of the 20th century, the government said. Colonial-era German troops massacred tens of thousands of indigenous Herero and Nama people who rebelled against their rule…
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June 1, 2025
Mike Berners-Lee: Why dishonesty is destroying the planet | WTCTW Podcast Climate Change

Mike Berners-Lee: Why dishonesty is destroying the planet | WTCTW Podcast

Sustainability expert and professor Mike Berners-Lee argues that dishonesty in politics, business, and the media is one of the biggest barriers to tackling global crises like climate change, social inequality, and environmental destruction. In this episode of Ways to Change the World, he talks to Krishnan Guru-Murthy about the need…
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June 1, 2025
China says Hegseth calling it a threat is touting a Cold War mentality Cold War

China says Hegseth calling it a threat is touting a Cold War mentality

China on Sunday denounced U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for calling the Asian country a threat, accusing him of touting a Cold War mentality as tensions between Washington and Beijing further escalate. The foreign ministry said Hegseth had vilified Beijing with defamatory allegations the previous day at the Shangri-La Dialogue,…
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June 1, 2025