ALGIERS – Officials from Algeria, Nigeria and Niger signed new contracts on Tuesday aimed at accelerating the development of a vast natural gas pipeline to Europe, the Algerian press agency APS reported. The Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP), announced in 2009, would transport billions of cubic metres of gas for 4 128 kilometres from Nigeria in...
BRUSSELS – Buffeted by tariffs and threats from Washington, the European Union and Canada were yesterday set to discuss drawing closer together, the latest sign of a wider Brussels push to diversify trade away from the United States. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to hold talks with top EU officials in the Belgian capital...
Rudolf Gaiseb Last week, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) appealed to Namibians to join them, promising great benefits would accrue as a result. So far, 55 countries have implemented the EITI. Speaking at a consultative meeting in the capital last week, EITI’s executive director Mark Robinson, emphasised that their goal is to ensure that...
THE HAGUE – Shares in Dutch brewer Heineken fizzed at the market open yesterday, as traders cheered better-than-expected beer sales, despite a slight dip in overall turnover. The stock rose by more than 11% at the opening bell, the biggest gainer on the Amsterdam market, which was up slightly overall. Earlier yesterday, the world’s second-biggest...
The Bank of Namibia has warned of potential economic repercussions for Namibia following the United States’ decision to suspend foreign aid to numerous countries, including those in Africa. BoN governor Johannes !Gawaxab, the move could significantly affect Namibia due to its currency’s peg to the South African rand and the close trade relationship between South...
Lahja Nashuuta Creating a vibrant education system, prioritising decent school infrastructure, sheer passion for the Namibian child’s education and social progress through technology are hallmarks of the Nujoma presidency. This is the view of former prime minister Nahas Angula, the man late Founding President Sam Nujoma first assigned to lay an independent Namibia’s education bedrock,...
Isabel Bento SWAKOPMUND – The Erongo Regional Electricity Distributor (RED) has committed to electrifying 1 838 houses across the region within the next four months in efforts to ensure universal electricity access. The initiative, valued at N$66.8 million, will be undertaken in honour of Founding President Sam Nujoma and will cover Swakopmund, Walvis Bay, Usakos,...
The Forum of German-speaking Namibians has hailed late Founding President Sam Nujoma for ensuring that minority groups such as themselves felt safe and part of a new democratic dispensation at the dawn of independence. It is something many were unsure of at the time. Paying tribute to the late anti-colonialism icon who died on Saturday...
Hesron Kapanga OKANGHUDI – Former president Hifikepunye Pohamba has urged Namibians against destroying what Founding President Sam Nujoma built. In an interview with Nampa at his homestead at Okanghudi in the Ohangwena region on Tuesday, Pohamba said now that Nujoma has died, people should not think of destroying what he built, but should rather work...
City Police spokesperson Marcelline Murapo says they are working around the clock to clear outstanding warrants of arrest through operations involving mounting of roadblocks and public outreach programmes. “Our officers are working diligently in the field. You may have seen roadblocks set up at various places across the city, which are part of our strategy...