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Suren wins bronze at CAC African Champs
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Suren wins bronze at CAC African Champs

Namibian cyclist, Roger Suren, continued his impressive form this season, securing a bronze medal at the 2025 African Cycling Confederation (CAC) Road Cycling African Championships held in Kwale, Kenya, on Sunday. The championships, staged from 19 to 23 November 2025, brought together riders across multiple categories, junior, under-23, and elite, both women and men, who...

Rising from the ashes: Mogadishu’s building boom
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Rising from the ashes: Mogadishu’s building boom

MOGADISHU – Mogadishu is rising, literally, from the ashes of decades of war. Pavements remain scarred by bullet holes and ruined buildings still line many streets, but the city’s cacophony is now one of construction, not destruction. The east African nation saw civil war in the 1990s mutate in the 2000s into an Islamist insurgency...

Boulter’s trial deferred
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Boulter’s trial deferred

Iuze Mukube Windhoek High Court Deputy Judge President Hannelie Prinsloo last Wednesday scheduled the trial of British businessman Harvey Boulter for commencement in March, next year. This was following the request of Boulter’s lawyer, Sisa Namandje, for a longer postponement in order to consider the Supreme Court judgement that upheld the decision of the prosecutor...

Ohangwena gets two new clinics worth N$10.9m
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Ohangwena gets two new clinics worth N$10.9m

Joseph Kaula Onanghulo – Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr. Esperance Luvindao last week inaugurated two clinics in the Ohangwena region worth a combined N$10.9 million. The Onanghulo clinic in Onanghulo village, Ohangwena constituency, and the Onamukulo clinic in Onamukulo village, Omulonga constituency are now officially opened for business, aimed at expanding primary healthcare...

Family pleads for justice for relative
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Family pleads for justice for relative

Iuze Mukube An unwavering and resounding plea for justice was penned in a letter presented in court from the family of a woman who was killed by her ex-lover and the father of her children last Wednesday. The letter presented by a witness, who shall remain anonymous for protection of identity, captured the frustration and...

Infanticide convict sentenced to 23 years
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Infanticide convict sentenced to 23 years

Iuze Mukube A 37-year-old woman was sentenced to an effective prison term of 23 years on a charge of murder last Friday. The sentence stems from the death of her one-year-old baby, who was found buried in a shallow grave on Farm Bucholtzbrunn in 2023. Windhoek High Court Judge Philanda Christiaan, while handing down the...

Onanghulo, Onamukulo da pewa oukilinika 
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Onanghulo, Onamukulo da pewa oukilinika 

Taimi Haihambo  Minista wouhaku Dr Esperance Luvindao, okwa patululila ovakalimo vomoshitukulwa shaHangwena, vokomikunda Onanghulo oshoyo Onamukulo oukilinika, oshivike sha dja ko.  Pefimbo lepatululo loukilinika ava, Luvindao okwa ti nonande omikunda edi da ninga efimbo dihe na oukilinika, oda kala nokumona omakwafo koipapngelo yakula yopopepi ngaashi oshipangelo shEngela, osho yo Eenhana.  Luvindao okwa ti oshitukulwa shaHangwena...

US ends 15% tariff on Ghana cocoa, farm exports
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US ends 15% tariff on Ghana cocoa, farm exports

ACCRA – Ghana has received official confirmation from the United States that Washington has fully removed the 15% tariff imposed on the West African nation’s cocoa and agricultural exports, its foreign minister announced Monday. The move comes at a sensitive moment in Ghana-US relations. Accra recently accepted dozens of deportees from the United States, exclusively...

Farmer’s Kraal with guest Hanks Saisai – Essential steps to increase crop yields in communal areas
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Farmer’s Kraal with guest Hanks Saisai – Essential steps to increase crop yields in communal areas

Namibia’s crop sector is fundamental, as it ensures that food is readily available at the household, regional and national levels.  It also creates much-needed employment opportunities, providing income for rural populations.  One notable observation is that crop production is seasonal and largely relies on annual rainfall, enabling farmers to grow staple grains for both the...

UN rights chief warns over generative AI
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UN rights chief warns over generative AI

GENEVA – The UN on Monday warned that generative AI could become “a modern-day Frankenstein’s monster,” with human rights the first casualty, as powerful tech giants unleash the technology on the world. UN rights chief Volker Turk said generative AI had “tremendous promise” but told the world body’s business and human rights forum that its...