WINDHOEK – Acting High Court Judge Marelize du Plessis has ordered the prosecution team in the Fishrot scandal to provide an additional hard copy of disclosure documents to the accused by 15 September 2025. The ruling followed an application by former justice minister Sakeus Shanghala, James Hatuikulipi and Pius Mwatelula, who are seeking further particulars...
MAIDUGURI – Umar Bulama lay among the corpses, hoping Boko Haram fighters would mistake him for one of the dead after a brutal weekend attack on a northern Nigerian town. Pressing his face “into the blood-soaked sand”, Bulama (34) was lucky: he survived Friday’s assault on the northeastern town of Darul Jamal near the Cameroonian...
KYIV, (Ukraine) – A Russian strike yesterday in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region killed at least 20 people, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said in a social media post. Moscow has claimed the industrial region as part of Russia despite not having full control over it, and Kyiv says the Kremlin has massed 100 000 troops...
Hilma Nalupe The Namibian Enduro Club brought adrenaline and grit to Farm Ababis near Karibib on Saturday, hosting the seventh leg of the national Enduro championship series. With the sun blazing overhead, the race unfolded in hot and dusty conditions that made overtaking a challenge. Riders battled across a demanding course that combined Jeep tracks,...
Hilma Nalupe FRANCISTOWN-The Brave Warriors kept their FIFA World Cup qualification dream alive with a convincing 3-0 victory over São Tomé and Prìncipe at the Obed Itani Chilume Stadium in Francistown, Botswana, on yesterday. Namibia came into the match determined to bounce back from recent setbacks and captain Peter Shalulile led by example with a...
Auleria Wakudumo The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), in partnership with the British High Commission (BHC), is strengthening food systems in Iikokola village of Omusati region, by supporting smallholder farmers and a school feeding initiative. Last week, the two organisations conducted a site visit to review progress at the Integrated Food Systems Project hosted...
Taimi Haihambo Omukainhu weedula 34 Olivia Ndapandula Elia, omukwashiwana waAngola, okwa lopoptwa a xulifa pamwe nokaana kaye Velisia Tuyenipohamba Jerevasio weemwedi nhee konima eshi vati va pumwa kotuwa kEenhana. Elia vati okwa li ta kendabala okutauluka opate omanga a kuminina Jerevasio, eshi kwa dja otuwa yo-GD6 ndele tai va pitula po vati. Elia okwa lopotwa...
Rudolf Gaiseb The leader of the National Democratic Party and headman of Queensland village in Zambezi region, Martin Lukato, has appealed to the government to act on the water shortage his village currently faces. Lukato told New Era last week the situation was dire and the people were crying day and night because of thirst....
MAPUTO – Insurgents linked to the Islamic State group attacked a key Mozambique port town near a major international gas hub, clashing with troops and beheading at least two civilians, locals reported yesterday. The raid on Mocimboa da Praia, around 80 kilometres south of a multibillion-dollar liquefied natural gas project operated by French energy giant...
SEOUL – South Korea’s foreign minister departed for Washington yesterday for further negotiations following the detention of hundreds of South Koreans in an immigration raid. US immigration officials arrested some 475 individuals, including South Korean workers, during the raid Thursday at a Hyundai-LG battery plant being built in the southern state of Georgia. Officials in...