Political parties have called for the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) to stop ongoing voting and vote- counting after polling stations remained open beyond the official closing time of 21h00 on Wednesday. ECN Chief Electoral and Referenda Officer, Peter Shaama on Wednesday issued a directive for polling stations to remain open due to ballot paper...
KEETMANSHOOP – Most polling stations in Keetmanshoop have started emptying on Wednesday after 20h30 as Namibians conclude the 2024 Presidential and National Assembly elections. Most polling stations have been full since Wednesday morning when the polling stations opened. By lunch time when Nampa visited the polling stations, long queues were observed. However, a little after...
RUACANA – The sun had hardly risen in the different parts of the Omusati region when queues of anticipatory voters – young and old alike – started forming in front of polling stations. They were eager to exercise their hard-earned democratic right to vote for their preferred candidates. Most presiding officers in the region said...
Andreas Thomas ONDANGWA – The national general elections held on Wednesday created business opportunities for hawkers in the Oshana region, who came out to sell to voters. Some women in Akweenyanga village in the Ondangwa Rural Constituency expressed gratitude, saying they had made good sales during the elections. They had set up makeshift stalls at...
Uakutura Kambaekua OPUWO – Seventeen trial-awaiting inmates at the Opuwo holding cells expressed satisfaction with the voting process on Wednesday, describing it as a significant democratic step. In a conversation with Nampa right after he cast his vote in the 8th Presidential and National Assembly elections, inmate Nico Rebebe said the voting process went smoothly,...
Chelva Wells MARIENTAL – The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) in the Hardap region is making progress with vote-counting and data-submission following voting Wednesday. ECN Hardap regional electoral officer, Willem Uirab told Nampa yesterday that three constituencies – Aranos, Daweb and Gibeon – have finished counting ballots, and were in the process of uploading results...
KEETMANSHOOP – The Electoral Commission of Namibia’s //Kharas regional electoral officer Jejamaije Mujoro expressed satisfaction with how the election process went in the region. Wednesday’s voting went into the early hours yesterday in some parts of the country, as Namibians were eager to cast their votes in the 2024 Presidential and National Assembly elections. In...
An article in The Namibian newspaper of Thursday, 21 November, titled ‘Namibia-Germany genocide negotiations reached final stage’, has reference. In mid-2015, the German foreign ministry unequivocally admitted that the war his country waged against the Ovaherero and the Nama communities between 1904 and 1908 in German South West Africa, now Namibia, was a genocide. Since...
Over the years, we have unapologetically advocated for Namibians to take up their civic responsibilities with the seriousness they warrant. Therefore, it was not a coincidence that election-related stories, opinion pieces, analyses, infographics, explainers, investigations, and breaking news dominated our reportage for the better part of the last 14 months and will continue for the...
PARIS – Nigerian president Bola Tinubu yesterday began a two-day visit to France, with both sides seeking increased economic cooperation and Paris looking to boost ties in English-speaking Africa following a series of setbacks with former allies on the continent. French president Emmanuel Macron greeted his counterpart at the historic Invalides memorial complex, with the...