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President Hage Geingob will begin his 14-day visit to the United States of America today, where he is leading a powerful Namibia delegation to Washington, DC, to take part in the US-Africa Leaders' Summit 2022. → Read More
ReconAfrica's controversial oil exploration activities in the Kavango regions have been officially endorsed by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Natural Resources, which is chaired by former Cabinet minister Tjekero Tweya. → Read More
The land question, Neckartal Dam, genocide and challenges faced by local authorities were some of the issues on the agenda during talks between President Hage Geingob and a high-level delegation from the Landless People's Movement led by its leader Bernadus Swartbooi yesterday. → Read More
Anti-Corruption Commission director general Paulus Noa has questioned the formula used to determine Namibia's ranking on the latest corruption perception index. Namibia fell two places in Transparency International (TI)'s Corruption Perception Index, much to the chagrin of the head of the country's anti-graft agency. → Read More
The Nama and Ovaherero representatives yesterday petitioned Germany's new foreign minister Annalena Baerbock, calling her to restart what they termed as "failed German-Namibia intergovernmental negotiations on the genocide of their ancestors". → Read More
Former opposition leader Katuutire Kaura, who succumbed to Covid-19 related complications on Sunday at the age of 81, will be buried at Ongombombonde in the Okakarara area next week Saturday. → Read More
There is material uncertainty in the ability of the City of Windhoek to pay its creditors in the foreseeable future, auditor general Junias Kandjeke warned last week. → Read More
President Hage Geingob yesterday said his administration looks forward to working with newly elected Zambian president Hakainde Hichilema. Hichilema soundly defeated incumbent Edgar Lungu by almost a million votes after polling over 2.8 million votes against Lungu's 1.8 million. → Read More
United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) secretary general Zurab Pololikashvili yesterday visited President Hage Geingob to brief him on the two-day UNWTO regional conference on brand Africa. → Read More
The signing and implementation of the N$18 billion genocide deal reached by the Namibian and German governments will lead to civil strife, if not new genocidal war, former Cabinet minister Kazenambo Kazenambo has warned. → Read More
A German opposition party has bemoaned the N$18 billion genocide deal reached with Germany over the mass killing of Namibians more than 100 years ago. → Read More
The Ministry of Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare believes the proposed universal Basic Income Grant (BIG) for unemployed Namibians between the ages of 18 and 59 is indeed feasible, albeit at a less than N$400 a month. → Read More
With swathes of grassland destroyed and hundreds of livestock burned to death, wildfires have brought misery and anguish to communal farmers in the Omaheke region. → Read More
Land reform minister Calle Schlettwein has on Tuesday confirmed in parliament that Farm Ebenhauezer and portion 1 of the Farm Guinas in the Oshikoto region is owned by former president Hifikepunye Pohamba and his wife Penehupifo. → Read More
The ruling party Swapo has dismissed criticism by the opposition leaders against its president Hage Geingob over racial slur against white people last weekend. → Read More
Forestry minister Pohamba Shifeta yesterday told lawmakers the authorities will investigate and establish the total volumes and value of rosewood exported over recent years. → Read More
Agriculture minister Calle Schlettwein yesterday said he will welcome with open arms a suggestion by the Zambian government to assist Namibia in containing the locust swarm in the Zambezi region. → Read More
President Hage Geingob has labelled the ongoing protests by young people against sexual gender-based violence as a "great sign of hope" and faith in the current administration. → Read More
Namibia is preparing to host the 2021 World Press Freedom Day, which will mark exactly 30 years since the signing of the famous Windhoek Declaration on 3 May 1991 that paved the way for a free, independent and pluralistic press. The date of the declaration's adoption, 3 May, has subsequently been declared as World Press Freedom Day. → Read More
Speaker of the National Assembly Peter Katjavivi on Tuesday joined the chorus of political leaders in mourning the passing of Kaptein John McNab. McNab was the chief of the Rehoboth Basters for over 20 years. He died on Saturday at the age of 85. → Read More