BUKAVU – M23 fighters and Rwandan troops entered the DR Congo provincial capital of Bukavu on Friday, security and humanitarian sources said.The fighters and their Rwandan allies entered the eastern city of around one-million people, the capital of South Kivu province, meeting virtually no resistance after having seized the region’s main airport, the sources said....
PORT LOUIS – Police in Mauritius yesterday arrested the island’s former prime minister Pravind Jugnauth in a money-laundering probe and seized stacks of cash in raids on fellow suspects’ homes, officials said. Officers detained the 63-year-old along with his wife Kobita Jugnauth on Saturday and questioned them for several hours, police sources who asked not...
TUNIS – Engineer-turned-social entrepreneur Sabri Cheriha hunches over a washing machine at a small depot in a suburb of Tunisia’s capital, the unassuming home of a start-up he launched to tackle the country’s mounting electronic waste problem.Cheriha said there were currently about eight million household appliances and nine million cellphones in use across Tunisia, but...
VILLACH – Austrians were placing candles yesterday on the site of a stabbing that left a teenager dead and five other people injured, shaking the Alpine nation after last week’s collapse of government talks where immigration and security were major issues. A Syrian asylum-seeker, 23, was arrested just after Saturday›s attack in the southern city...
BEIRUT – Lebanese militant group Hezbollah yesterday urged the Lebanese government to reverse a decision blocking Iranian flights from landing in Beirut, following US warnings. The Iran-backed group said in a statement that it “demands that the government reverse its decision to ban Iranian planes from landing at Beirut airport, and take serious measures to...
CHERNOBYL – A Russian drone pierced a cover built to contain radiation at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine early Friday, causing damage but not releasing any radiation, officials said. Ukraine has repeatedly warned since Russia invaded that attacks and fighting near its nuclear power plants risk triggering a potential catastrophe. The Kremlin rejected...
Auleria Wakudumo Omukainhu omufiyekadi weedula 40, omukalimo womomukunda Ohaiyanda moshitukulwa shaShikoto okwa holola eudonai eshi alushe ta pulwa a fute oN$15 opo a pewe oshikukuta, ye vali oha kufwa odooxa yoshi, ya weda kofuto. Kakele keefuto odo, Foibe Lucas okwa hokolola yo ta ti okwa kufwa eendongi daye, epya noinima aishe meumbo konima eshi omusamane...
Auleria Wakudumo Ouministeli wehongo, ounghulungu nomufyuululwakalo owa pula eefikola di yandje omhito kovanafikola okudimbuluka Omukokolipresidente Sam Nujoma nomaimbilo, outevo nokutanga ekufombinga laye mexumokomesho laNamibia. Ouministeli owa pula yo eefikola di shunife monima engudumano lomaudano mwa kwatelwa okutondoka, okatanga kokeemhadi naikwao ihapu. She likolelela komukanda wa pitifwa komukulunhuwiliki moshikondo shehongo Sanet Steenkamp Etivali, nande engudumano...
Rudolf Gaiseb Namibia is on course to implement electronic signatures, also known as e-signatures. This means all service providers will have access to citizens’ signatures. Audrin Mathe, the executive director (ED) in the information and communication technology ministry said this during last month’s engagement with the Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN), the ED said...
With deep sorrow, yet profound gratitude, Namibia bids farewell to a giant of history, the Founding President of the Republic of Namibia, Father of the Namibian Nation, and an indomitable liberation icon, Dr Sam Shafiishuna Nujoma. The passing of Namibia’s founding president and revered anti-apartheid icon marks the end of an era, not just for...