The issue of climate change and its associated impacts, especially on African cities, is a critical topic that demands urgent attention. Every day, Africa faces the consequences of something it did not cause. While seven out of the 10 world most climate vulnerable countries are in the African region, Africa only emits about 4%...
GABORONE – A United Nations human rights expert on Friday urged the Botswana government to grant constitutional recognition and stronger protections to indigenous communities, citing longstanding discrimination against the San people. The San are hunter-gatherers who were evicted from their ancestral land in the Kalahari, where there are diamond deposits. They have lived in southern...
Kaviveterue Virere Deadly stabbing In Okahandja Park, Ernesto Lucas Ngongo Ndara (19), was fatally stabbed on Saturday morning. The tragedy unfolded when he and a friend went to fetch water from a communal tap – an ordinary task that turned violent after an argument broke out with two men. Police accounts state that the suspect...
Lylie Joel SINGURUVE – A determined farmer in the Kavango West region is working to transform food production in his community through the expansion of his agricultural project, despite significant challenges relating to water and access to funding. Thomas Hausiku, owner of Nanzamba Mixed Farming at Singuruve village in the Ncuncuni constituency, is expanding his...
JERUSALEM – US Secretary of State Marco Rubio yesterday told Israel that the United States backed the “constructive role” by Qatar in mediating in Gaza, after an Israeli strike on the Gulf state against Hamas. President Donald Trump and Rubio have both said they opposed the attack last week on Qatar, which is home to...
BIZERTE (Tunisia) – A flotilla bound for Gaza carrying aid and pro-Palestinian activists set sail yesterday from Tunisia after repeated delays, aiming to break Israel’s blockade and deliver aid to the Palestinian territory. “The fleet that departed Barcelona is already at sea, and the Tunisian boats are now setting sail in stages,” the Global Sumud...
JOHANNESBURG – A South African court on Friday rejected an attempt to block the release of a Netflix documentary about a man convicted of rape and murder who faked his death to escape prison. Thabo Bester gained global notoriety in 2023 after his arrest in Tanzania, a year after he had escaped from a private...
JOHANNESBURG – South African prosecutors announced on Wednesday their plans to reopen an inquest into the death of prominent anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko, nearly 50 years after he died while in police custody. Biko, founder of South Africa’s Black Consciousness Movement, died in a prison cell in 1977, aged just 30, after being beaten into...
Zebaldt Ngaruka Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs Frans Kapofi praised the high level of competition and camaraderie at the recently concluded Namibia Defence Force’s (NDF) 10th annual sports games held at Gobabis’s Legare Sports Complex in the Omaheke region. The event concluded with a vibrant awards ceremony, where teams and individual athletes from various...
Lahja Nashuuta President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has urged Namibians to rally behind the Swapo party in the upcoming regional councils and local authorities elections, saying only their vote will allow the government to deliver uninterrupted services and meet national development goals. The Swapo Central Committee, the party’s highest decision-making body between congresses, convened in Windhoek on...