NKURENKURU – The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Namibia, together with women in agriculture in the Kavango West region observed International Women’s Day at Nkurenkuru last week. The day was held under the theme ‘For All Women and Girls: Rights, Equality, Empowerment’, and aims to showcase the vital role of women in food security...
Rudolf Gaiseb Land management deputy executive director within the ministry of land reform Alfred Sikopo says once communal land is established in the Khomas region, they will establish the Khomas Communal Board. This is in terms of the Communal Land Reform Act. “The Khomas Communal Land Board will consist of representatives from the /Khomanin Traditional...
Lahja Nashuuta Hundreds of fishermen, former employees of Namsov and Heinaste, are calling for a reversal of a decision to allocate fishing quotas to companies they accuse of underpaying their workers. They were absorbed through the Government Employment Redressing Programme (GERP) after losing their jobs. They petitioned the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources on...
Concerned residents of Henties Bay are demanding the immediate reinstatement of their suspended CEO Elizabeth Coetzee and finance manager Lifas Amunyela. A committee of over 200 residents who signed a petition on Monday, visited Erongo governor Neville Andre to air their frustration over the suspensions. Residents at the same time also accused town mayor Lewies...
EKURHULENI – A bus overturned in an area of Johannesburg near South Africa’s main airport early yesterday, killing at least 12 people, city officials said, with dozens more injured.The bus was carrying more than 50 people to work when it crashed on a busy road near Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport, officials said.Twelve people were...
MOGADISHU – Militants from Islamist group Al-Shabaab yesterday killed at least four people in an ongoing attack on a central Somali hotel hosting a meeting over the long-running insurgency, security and police said. Gunmen rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into the building’s entrance in the Hiran region city of Beledweyne.Several armed men then entered and “started...
KAMPALA – Ugandan special forces have been deployed to South Sudan’s capital, the Ugandan army chief said yesterday, after rising tensions that have threatened a fragile peace agreement.Impoverished South Sudan has long been plagued by political instability and insecurity. However, concerns have risen sharply in the past week after clashes between forces allied to the...
GRIMSBY – Fires were raging yesterday after a cargo ship laden with toxic materials slammed into a tanker carrying flammable jet fuel in the North Sea, as questions mounted about how the accident happened.There were also growing fears that any spill from the collision could harm the local environment and coastline, home to seals, porpoises...
PARIS – The arrest yesterday of former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte by police acting on an International Criminal Court warrant tied to his deadly war on drugs, marks a success for the ICC, which has been struggling for almost 23 years against a lack of recognition and enforcement power. Backed by 125 member states, the...
QUETTA – Armed militants took more than 450 train passengers hostage and wounded the train driver in an attack yesterday in Pakistan’s volatile southwestern Balochistan province, officials said.In a statement claiming the assault, the Baloch liberation Army (BLA) said gunmen bombed the railway track and took control of the train in remote Sibi district. “Over...