Namibia

THE company Namibian Marine Phosphate's controversial plan to carry out seabed mining off the Namibian coast has received another setback, with a High Court judge finding that the company did not correctly apply for an environmental clearance certificate which it needed to commence test mining and mining. In a judgement…

Takashi Aoyama/Getty Images Namibian sprinters Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi have been ruled ineligible for the Tokyo Olympics by the World Athletics organization. Per an official statement from the Namibian Olympic Committee, Mboma and Masilingi have been deemed ineligible to compete because they have naturally high testosterone levels that are above the threshold…

The 18-year-old 400m sensation Christine Mboma will be barred from the event at the Tokyo Olympics due to elevated testosterone levels, Namibia’s National Olympic Committee said on Friday. READ | NO SPACE FOR LIVERPOOL ACE MO SALAH IN EGYPT’S TOKYO OLYMPICS SQUAD Christine Mboma ran the seventh fastest women’s one-lap time…

NewsSix Associate nations - Malaysia, Namibia, Oman, Scotland, the UAE and the USA - have also submitted proposals Security concerns forced Pakistan to miss out on hosting the 2008 Champions Trophy and the 2011 World Cup  AFPSeventeen member nations have put themselves forward as potential hosts for eight men's white-ball…

Hong Kong on Wednesday reported three imported Covid-19 cases – from Namibia, Cyprus and Ghana. All of them carry the potentially more contagious L452R variant of the coronavirus. The Centre for Health Protection said one of the patients, a 53-year-old man who returned from Namibia, had received two doses of…

Only Namibia, the Seychelles, Tunisia and Mongolia now rank above our nation, according to latest data - less than a week before restrictions are lifted Case rates are surging in the Seychelles (Image: Valery Sharifulin/TASS) Just four 'red list' countries have a higher daily Covid infection rate than Britain, current…

Despite struggling through a severely stunted phase, the Namibian hospitality trade made history earlier this month when the General Manager of Swakopmund Hotel & Entertainment Centre, Janet Wilson-Moore was elected as the first women to lead the Hospitality Association of Namibia (HAN) in the 34 years of its existence. Janet…

The Ovaherero Traditional Authority (OTA) and the Nama Traditional Leaders Association (NTLA) say the 1904 to 1908 genocide declaration recently concluded between Namibia and Germany reflects the latter country's denial that the genocide was a crime. This comes after the two traditional authorities wrote to the United Nations Committee on…

The Nigerian passport is ranked 101st out of 199 countries, according to the ranking done by the Henley Passport Index, described as the original, authoritative ranking of all the world’s passports. The index ranks passports, according to the number of destinations their holders can access without a visa. A London,…

President Hage Geingob yesterday during the country's 31st Covid-19 public briefing on national response measures at State House said the looting and unrest in neighbouring South Africa (SA) should be a wake-up call for Namibia. He said local oxygen supply is threatened after the past week's turmoil, as supply chains…