Selma Gumbo The Namibian Police and the office of the governor of Kunene region recently visited the Northern Namibia Development Company (NNDC), a diamond mining company situated at Kunene River in the Epupa constituency. According to information from the NNDC head office, the Exclusive Prospecting Licence (EPL) 2633 was originally granted in 1998, and this...
Inclusivity and unity are key principles towards the attainment of a common objective. An effective and responsive democracy is formed and founded on the bases of constitutional rights and freedoms under which every person has equal fundamental human rights and the opportunity to contribute to the betterment of democracy. In a democracy like ours, we...
OTJIWARONGO – The Swapo Party district conferences of Okahandja and Tsumkwe in Otjozondjupa region successfully took place on Thursday and Friday at the respective towns. Swapo coordinator in Otjozondjupa Susan Hikopua, in an interview with Nampa on Saturday, said the region has an instruction from the central committee of the party to renew mandates of...
Cecilia Xavier A group of community members, residing at the informal areas of Katutura, Ouranda and Otuzemba at Opuwo, staged a peaceful demonstration last week to voice their concerns over what they described as mistreatment by the local town council. The group accused the council of being incompetent, saying local authority leaders have failed to...
Mubihi wa Mutende Katengo ka babanca ka Mafwe, ili mutayi wa Khuta ya Chinchimane ya Mulena George Simasiku Mamili, neka fitisize manzwi akona ku Masule Mutau, kasamulaho akuketiwa silalo induna wa Maunga-Malihela. Mutau ili muzamaisi yomuhulu mwa sipokola ubile yomunca wapili, kuketwa kuba induna ki khuta ya Mafwe ya mulena Mamili mwa sikiliti sa Zambezi....
CORDOBA – The Santos Bar, across from Cordoba’s celebrated mosque, would normally be groaning with tourists tucking into its trademark Spanish tortillas. But with the coronavirus pandemic, “everything’s dead”, the owner says. The Mezquita, an eighth-century mosque later turned into a cathedral, is the most visited site in the Andalusian town in southern Spain. But...
BEIJING – China returned to growth in the second quarter after the coronavirus pandemic handed the world’s second-largest economy its first contraction in decades, according to an AFP poll of analysts. The survey of analysts from 11 institutions pegged China’s growth at 1.3% – a far cry from the 6.1% expansion posted last year but...
SREBRENICA – Bosnian Muslims marked the 25th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre on Saturday, the worst atrocity on European soil since World War II, with the memorial ceremony sharply reduced as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Many mourners braved the tighter restrictions put in place to stem the spread of Covid-19 to attend the...
BRAZZAVILLE – US prosecutors are investigating the son of the president of the Republic of Congo for alleged embezzlement of several million dollars from the publicly-owned National Society of Petroleum of Congo (SNPC), the NGO Global Witness said. In Miami, US federal prosecutors “have arranged to seize” a luxurious property belonging to Denis Christel Sassou...
BAMAKO – Mali’s embattled president announced the dissolution of the constitutional court in an attempt to calm the major civil unrest gripping the vulnerable African country, as more opposition leaders were arrested. The court has been at the centre of controversy since it overturned provisional results for a parliamentary poll earlier this year, triggering protests...