Namibia

An extraordinary meeting of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) took place on Tuesday in Namibia's capital, Windhoek. The escalation of tensions in the kingdom of Eswatini was at the top of the agenda. SADC's executive secretary Elias Mpedi Magosi welcomed the participants. "I am honoured and privileged to welcome…

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday said that more cheetahs would be arriving at the Kuno Palpur National Park in the state soon. Eight cheetahs from Namibia were released into the park in September last year as part of an ambitious project to revive the extinct cheetah…

Students at the private New York City liberal arts college The New School (TNS) are demanding that the professors give every student an A grade for the semester as part of a rebellion against the school's leadership.  The dispute began when students occupied the school's TNS University Center on December…

WHO Namibia with support from the Regional Office in Africa trained 45 school staff, nurses, and school board members from schools in the Oshana region as part of the SURGE flagship programme. The aim of the training was to increase capacity of schools to implement the health promoting school initiative…

Namibia joined the rest of the world in commemorating World Diabetes Day on 14 November under the theme “Access to diabetes care” which highlight the importance of prevention and response efforts. In 2021, globally over 537 million adults (20-79 years) were living with diabetes, which is 1 in 10 people…

A 14,7-METRE-LONG dead fin whale washed up on a remote beach near Henties Bay recently. A marine mammal biologist at the Namibian Dolphin Project, Danielle Conry, on Wednesday told The Namibian that the animal was a young male, and it was "skinny". "It did not seem to have any external…

WHO Namibia supported the Council of Churches in Namibia (CCN) seminar on mental health to raise awareness on mental health promotion and suicide prevention amongst the church and community leaders and mobilize efforts in support of mental health care at community level.  The seminar with church leaders, lay counselors and…

Nigerian model, Precious Okoye has emerged winner of Miss Africa 2022 beauty pageant held in Calabar, Cross River State. Precious took the crown on Tuesday, ahead of Poelano Mothisi from Lesotho, who emerged 1st runner-up and 2nd runner-up, Tina Haimbala from Namibia. The event, which was held on the 27th…

THE state has shown that it has a strong case against one of the key figures in the Fishrot fishing quotas fraud and corruption case, businessman Tamson 'Fitty' Hatuikulipi, a judge has remarked in the Windhoek High Court. Acting judge David Munsu made the remark in a ruling in which…

Namibia's Deputy Prime Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah is an inch closer to becoming the southwestern country's first female president. Namibia’s ruling party on Monday (November 28) elected Nandi-Ndaitwah as its vice president, making her the frontrunner to lead the party into the country’s upcoming national elections in 2024. The 70-year-old edged…