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...
Year: 2024
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...
Masisi’s party seeks to extend six-decade rule… as Botswana votes
Diamond-rich Botswana went to the polls yesterday, with voters concerned about high unemployment and an economic slump as the ruling party vies to extend its nearly six decades in power, and hand president Mokgweetsi Masisi a second term. Some of the one-million registered voters queued for several hours before polling stations opened in a country...
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
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
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
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...
Mega-boxing bonanza next month …amplifies voting message
Namibia’s leading boxing stable, the MTC Nestor Sunshine Boxing Academy, will soon be adding its voice to the ongoing political message for Namibians to go all out and cast their votes in the national elections, slated for 27 November 2024. As part of its social responsibility, the academy’s owner Nestor Tobias,said they will be hosting...
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
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...









