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Confront inequalities exacerbating health challenges – Geingos
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Confront inequalities exacerbating health challenges – Geingos

The co-chair of the Global Council on Inequality, AIDS and Pandemics, Monica Geingos, said to effectively end the AIDS pandemic and prepare for future health crises, there is a need to confront the complex web of inequalities that exacerbate these challenges.  The Council is composed of global experts from academia, government, civil society, international development...

Promoting health in hard-to-reach places
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Promoting health in hard-to-reach places

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and its stakeholders have been conducting outreach programmes in Kunene to sensitise people about health and nutrition. A resident of Okahozu, Vekoruavi Tjambiru, said she is elated that her 11-month-old baby was checked and is in good health.  “I am so happy that my baby was thoroughly checked because I...

Residents flee Lebanon’s Baalbek after Israeli warning
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Residents flee Lebanon’s Baalbek after Israeli warning

BAALBEK – Residents of Baalbek rushed out of their homes  yesterday after the Israeli army ordered Lebanon’s main eastern city and its outskirts evacuated for the first time in more than a month of war.The Israeli army urged residents of Baalbek and surrounding villages to leave immediately, warning it was preparing attacks on Hezbollah targets....

Flooding kills 51 in Spain
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Flooding kills 51 in Spain

VALENCIA – Floods triggered by torrential rain in Spain’s eastern Valencia region have left at least 51 people dead, rescuers said yesterday, as authorities scrambled to respond to the rare disaster. Heavy rain and fierce winds have lashed southern and eastern Spain since the beginning of the week, sparking floods in Valencia and the southern...

Personality of the week – Solunga: Manning the sticks, saving balls
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Personality of the week – Solunga: Manning the sticks, saving balls

At a tender age, Milco Solunga has already made a significant mark in the world of football.  As the starting goalkeeper for the Khomas Regional U/17 team, which recently competed in the prestigious 2024 Yangzhou China Grand Canal Cities Men’s Elite Youth Football Tournament, where they took second place, Solunga’s journey is one of passion,...

Okakarara awaits action on Dr Ndaitwah Cup
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Okakarara awaits action on Dr Ndaitwah Cup

The Okakarara constituency will host the renowned Dr Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah football and netball tournament this weekend. The event will be hosted at the Okakarara Vocational Training Centre sports field. The Cup debuted last year in Opuwo, with over 40 football and netball teams competing for a total of N$100 000.  The event has since spread...

Opinion – Kiev’s backers’ neo-Nazi problem
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Opinion – Kiev’s backers’ neo-Nazi problem

Ukraine under the Zelensky regime is a place that is difficult to comprehend. It has a “democracy”, but no functioning opposition. It features the usual “vibrant civil society” that every monoglot Western correspondent loves to hang out with in up-to-date coffee shops, but it has no independent media. Last but not least, its far-right is either simply not there...

Ookalyamupombo ve liteyela mofikola 
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Ookalyamupombo ve liteyela mofikola 

Ofikola Gosen Combined School oya teywa kookalyamupombo efimbo loufiku Olomakaya nokuvaka mo omaliko. Oshiningwanima osha ningwa komukunda Onyati moshitukulwa shaShikoto. Omupopiliko wopolifi moshitukulwa shaShikoto Chief Inspector Ellen Nehale- Kangulu okwa koleka ta ti mofikola omwa vakwa oinima ngaashi eekompiuta mbali, omangelengele noshoyo oinima imwepo. Okwa weda ta ti mombelewa omwa kufwa noshimaliwa keemuna N$730. Okwa...