KIGALI – Rwanda has announced it recently received the first group of deportees from the United States of America, becoming the most recent country to accept migrants under agreements with the Donald Trump administration. Trump has made a priority of deporting migrants , including through controversial arrangements to send people to third countries, which have...
Lahja Nashuuta MARIENTAL – Thousands of mourners, including President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, filled the Mariental Stadium yesterday afternoon for the national memorial service in honour of the 16 people who lost their lives in last week’s tragic road accident, about 10 kilometres outside the town, in Hardap region. The victims were 12 Namibian Correctional Service officers,...
Hilma Nalupe Joel Angula, one of the men accused in the high-profile Namdia diamond heist, has denied ever possessing stolen diamonds. Appearing in the Katutura Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, Angula pleaded not guilty to all charges, insisting in his plea explanation that he never held rough or uncut diamonds and did not contravene the law...
LONDON – A global bond selloff extended yesterday, sending yields in Japan to record levels, and gold reached a new peak, as investors fret over mounting government debt. European equities firmed while Asia’s major stock markets were in the red. “Government bond yields have jumped sharply in recent days, largely because investors are demanding a...
Mukumo gombunga kuhamena eruganeno kumwe novanambudi apa nye ava gava nombudi douhunga kumwe nokugwanekera, mukurona gwaNew Era Christof Maletsky katente nonkango edi moutano kaupwire. Apa nye kahuyungire mositata saVenduka, mepongo eli kalikereko lyovanambudi kavarongikidire wombunga zaNamibia Financial Institution Supervisory Authority (Namfisa). Maletsky katente asi ehuguvaro kuna kara mulyo unene pokatji konokampani ntani wokuhanesa nombudi. ‘’...
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Hilma Nalupe When Heskiel Ndahangwapo first stumbled upon a chess pamphlet at the Oshana Library as a teenager, he never imagined the game would take him around the world. Today, the 25-year-old Namibian player and coach is one of the country’s most passionate ambassadors of the sport. Born in Endola and raised in Oshakati from...
ANTANANARIVO – Madagascar held a ceremony yesterday to mark the return of three skulls kept by France for 128 years, including one believed to be that of a Malagasy king decapitated by French troops in the 19th century. France handed over the skulls in Paris on 27 August in the first such restitution since it...
Rudolf Gaiseb Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) member of parliament John Louw Mouton has brought the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) under scrutiny following revelations in its 2023 audit report, which highlighted the financial constraints gripping the national broadcaster. Amid these constraints, NBC’s management has been accused of overworking and underpaying staff while awarding themselves hefty...
Rudolf Gaiseb LUSAKA – Associate Dean of the School of Agriculture and Fisheries Sciences at the University of Namibia, Simon Angombe, said Namibia has launched a five-year Tripartite One Health National Strategy to address the country’s vulnerability to zoonotic diseases. Speaking at the Africa Biennial Biosciences Communication symposium that took place 26 to 28 August...