Namibia

By AFP Dec 3, 2020Windhoek, Namibia - While many Namibians have names originating from the ex-colonial power Germany, a newly-elected municipal councillor has overnight romped to prominence not because of his victory but because he is called Adolf Hitler.Adolf Hitler Uunona, 54, a politician of the ruling SWAPO party was…

A man named after Adolf Hitler has won a local election in Namibia - but insists he has no plans for world domination.Uunona Adolf Hitler, 54, was elected as a local politician for the town of Ompundja, in the north of the country, with 85% of the vote. However, Mr…

Every year tourists from all over the world travel to Namibia to enjoy the country’s spectacular natural attractions.  Namibia welcomed over 1.6 million international tourists to its shores in 2019. Most visitors were from Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Angola, South Africa and Zambia. Namibia’s tourism industry has suffered intensely…

Protesters against sexual gender-based violence (SGBV) under the banner of #ShutItAllDown now plan to sue the police, alleging they were unlawfully arrested and detained on Saturday. The police arrested 24 of the protesters who are predominantly young women and four journalists on Saturday but later released them on a warning…

THE Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism says the ongoing fires in and around the Etosha National Park are under control. This is despite reports on and images of the blaze still ravaging the park. The ministry this week confirmed that the fires, which started about a week ago, are…

22-year-old Shanon Wasserfall was last seen on April 9, 2020 at Walvis Bay, a port town in west central Namibia. She was wearing white shorts, a blue jacket over a black top and had just dropped off her two-year-old child with a friend at Kuisebmond, eight minutes away. Wasserfall was…

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An estimated 7,000 Cape fur seals have been discovered dead at a breeding colony in central Namibia, scientists said on Saturday. Conservationist Naude Dreyer of the charity Ocean Conservation Namibia began noticing dead seals littering the sandy beaches of the Pelican Point colony near Walvis Bay city in September. Then…

By ANA Reporter 15h agoRustenburg – One of the four Namibian fishermen gunned down by Botswana soldiers was hit by five bullets.According to Namibian media reports on Wednesday, at least 11 bullets were removed from the bodies of Tommy, Martin and Wamunyima Nchindo and their cousin, Sinvula Munyeme, who were…

Students from different institutions around Windhoek held a rally yesterday marching from Namibia University of Science and Technology (Nust) to the ministry of higher education to advocate for equal funding. They also protest against a host of issues that have plagued their universities and institutions of learning. These include full…