ALGIERS – Officials from Algeria, Nigeria and Niger signed new contracts on Tuesday aimed at accelerating the development of a vast natural gas pipeline to Europe, the Algerian press agency APS reported. The Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP), announced in 2009, would transport billions of cubic metres of gas for 4 128 kilometres from Nigeria in...
BRUSSELS – Buffeted by tariffs and threats from Washington, the European Union and Canada were yesterday set to discuss drawing closer together, the latest sign of a wider Brussels push to diversify trade away from the United States. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to hold talks with top EU officials in the Belgian capital...
Rudolf Gaiseb Last week, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) appealed to Namibians to join them, promising great benefits would accrue as a result. So far, 55 countries have implemented the EITI. Speaking at a consultative meeting in the capital last week, EITI’s executive director Mark Robinson, emphasised that their goal is to ensure that...
THE HAGUE – Shares in Dutch brewer Heineken fizzed at the market open yesterday, as traders cheered better-than-expected beer sales, despite a slight dip in overall turnover. The stock rose by more than 11% at the opening bell, the biggest gainer on the Amsterdam market, which was up slightly overall. Earlier yesterday, the world’s second-biggest...
Lahja Nashuuta Creating a vibrant education system, prioritising decent school infrastructure, sheer passion for the Namibian child’s education and social progress through technology are hallmarks of the Nujoma presidency. This is the view of former prime minister Nahas Angula, the man late Founding President Sam Nujoma first assigned to lay an independent Namibia’s education bedrock,...
Isabel Bento SWAKOPMUND – The Erongo Regional Electricity Distributor (RED) has committed to electrifying 1 838 houses across the region within the next four months in efforts to ensure universal electricity access. The initiative, valued at N$66.8 million, will be undertaken in honour of Founding President Sam Nujoma and will cover Swakopmund, Walvis Bay, Usakos,...
Hesron Kapanga OKANGHUDI – Former president Hifikepunye Pohamba has urged Namibians against destroying what Founding President Sam Nujoma built. In an interview with Nampa at his homestead at Okanghudi in the Ohangwena region on Tuesday, Pohamba said now that Nujoma has died, people should not think of destroying what he built, but should rather work...
Mulisa Simiyasa Two learners from Tsumkwe Senior Secondary School died in an accident on the Tsumkwe-Grootfontein gravel road on Monday. The Namibian Police’s head of community affairs in Otjozondjupa, Senior Inspector Maureen Mbeha informed Nampa that the deceased persons are Elizabeth Kambara (18) and 19-year-old Frans Chameia. Their relatives have been informed. Mbeha said the...
RUNDU – Four people died at Shikenge village in Kavango East after two vehicles, one belonging to the Namibian Correctional Service (NCS) and the other a Toyota seven-seater, collided head-on on Sunday. Crime investigations coordinator in the region, Deputy Commissioner Bonifasius Kanyetu confirmed the accident on Tuesday, saying the NCS vehicle immediately caught fire after...
Uakutura Kambaekua OPUWO – Chief Tjimbuare Thom of the Vita Royal House will be laid to rest at the Katutura burial site in Opuwo on 22 February 2025. Chief Thom died at his homestead in Omuhoro village in the Okangwati settlement last Thursday after a prolonged illness. He was 92. His nephew, Masatu Thomo, confirmed...