Inspector General of the Namibian Police, Lieutenant General Joseph Shikongo has thanked Namibians for the manner in which they conducted themselves during the mourning of Founding President Sam Nujoma. Shikongo particularly thanked Namibians for ensuring a smooth and dignified send-off for Nujoma, who died on 08 February 2025. According to Shikongo, police officers were deployed...
The former first lady of Zimbabwe, Grace Mugabe, on Thursday shared insights into the close relationship between her late husband, Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe, and Namibia’s late Founding President Sam Nujoma. Mugabe visited Nujoma’s wife Kovambo on Thursday at the family residence in Windhoek to express her condolences. Nujoma died on 8 February 2025....
Rudolf Gaiseb The new digital khoekhoegowab dictionary, Lexikhoe, will revolutionise the use, accessibility, interactivity and preservation of the indigenous language. The creator, Meidad Ovadia, is a linguistics student at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. He is a guest lecturer at the University of Namibia (Unam). During a public lecture on Wednesday last week, Ovadia said...
KINGALI – The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday said it had handed over to Kigali 20 fighters from a militia founded by ethnic Hutus who took part in the Rwandan genocide. Rwanda has long pointed to the alleged presence of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda...
CAIRO – Egypt yesterday rejected attempts aimed at establishing a rival government in Sudan, warning that such moves jeopardised the “unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity” of the war-torn country. Sudan has been locked in a war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for nearly two years, plunging the country into what...
KAMPALA – The Ugandan army confirmed yesterday it had sent troops to another town in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to fight local armed groups, amid fears a raging conflict could spiral into a wider war. “Our troops have entered Mahagi town and we are in control,” Uganda’s defence and military affairs spokesman Felix Kulayigye...
DEHRADUN – The death toll from an avalanche in northern India climbed to seven yesterday as survivors recalled their dramatic rescue after hours buried under the snow and debris. Rescuers recovered one body and were looking for three others still missing, the army said. More than 50 workers were submerged under snow and debris after...
MOSKOW – Moscow said on Saturday it had seized two more villages in the east of Ukraine, while Kyiv officials said Russian strikes had killed one person and wounded 19. The Russian defence ministry said its forces had captured Sudne and Burlatske south of the eastern Donetsk region. They lie near the town of Velyka...
Auleria Wakudumo Ehangano loNamwater, ola tameka okupata omeva oufiku moshitukulwa shaHangwena, Oshikoto nOshana molwomeva odula oo a panukila mokanala. Omupopiliko waNamWater Lot Ndamanomhata okwa holola ta ti ekwatafano lomeva odula naao omokanala ola shunifa ongushu yomeva pedu. Omeva okwa tameka nale okupata Etitatu momafiku 26 Febuluali 2025, fiyo omomafiku 02 Maarsa 2025 okudja potundi 22h00...