DAKAR – Senegal’s ruling party was on track to a large victory in weekend legislative polls, according to media projections yesterday, paving the way for it to deliver an ambitious reform agenda eight months after sweeping to power in the West African country. President Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s Pastef party was projected to get from 119...
KANO – Attackers from an Islamic State-affiliated jihadist group killed five Nigerian soldiers and wounded 10 more in a raid on a military base near the Niger border, two officers said yesterday. Fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) stormed the base in Kareto village, Borno state in a dawn attack Saturday and...
Auleria Wakudumo Momukokomoko womwedi wa dja ko, ovakalimo vodoolopa yaNgwediva ova kala nomeva haa pate konyala efiku keshe. Elelo lodoolopa ola holola kutya ola tameka okutunga etoolinga lomeva opo li xwepopaleke epato lomeva modoolopa. Omupopiliko welelo lodoolopa yaNgwediva, Ottilie Shingenge okwa holola kutya elongululo letoolinga otali ka kwashilipaleka kutya omeva modoolopa itaa kala vali taa...
Auleria Wakudumo Opolifi moshitukulwa shaShana oya tula ovakwashiwana vanhe moipandeko eshi va hangika noushako voufila 100, vo 20kg ovo va nhuninwa oshikukuta momudingonoko waShakati. Ovakwashiwana va tulwa moipandeko ove na eedula 29, 31, 33 no38. Omukonakoni woimbuluma moshitopolwa shaShana, Deputy Commissioner Frederick Ndjadila okwa holola ta ti ovafekelwa, ovalumenhu vatatu nomukainhu umwe ova tulwa moipandeko...
Auleria Wakudumo Ovakwashiwana va dja keenhele da yooloka moshitukulwa shaShana noitukulwa yopopepi ova li va hangana moshiputudilo shopombada shoUniversity of Namibia (Unam), Hifikepunye Pohamba mOngwediva opo va ninge eembangi mepalulo lopambelewa lembonghalamwenyo yomupresidente omutivali, tatekulu Hifikepunye Pohamba. Vamwe vomokati kaavo ve ya okuninga eembangi, ovaleli vominghoko dopamifyuululwakalo da yooloka, ovanangeshefa,ovaleli vopamhepo, oshoyo ovanafikola. Embo ola...
Heather Erdmann The groundbreaking ceremony for Nampower’s 40 megawatts’ biomass power plant took place on Thursday. The development is Namibia’s first biomass power-generation station. It is being constructed near the Otjikoto substation outside Tsumeb. The commercial operation date of the power station is set for the first quarter of 2027. Nampower approved a total project...
Auleria Wakudumo Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) president McHenry Venaani says the party is the only vehicle through which Namibia can be transformed. This will be done through evidence-based, pragmatic solutions needed to address the source of unemployment and the multi-pronged developmental challenges the country faces, he stated. Venaani was speaking at the party’s Oshana star...
DAKAR – Senegal yesterday voted in parliamentary elections, with the new leaders aiming for a resounding majority to see through the promise of ambitious reform that swept them to power eight months ago. President Bassirou Diomaye Faye secured victory in March, pledging economic transformation, social justice and a fight against corruption. He raised hopes among...
BAKU – Colombian environment minister Susana Muhamad, who is the president of the COP16 UN conference on biodiversity, expressed confidence that a key financial accord for species’ protection could be reached “in the first quarter of 2025”. Delegates failed to agree a financial roadmap at the Cali summit earlier this month. But Muhamad told AFP...
SYDNEY – Australia, Japan and the US yesterday committed to closer military cooperation in training their forces as the countries deepened their ties in a bid to counter China’s military strength. Australia’s minister of defence Richard Marles hosted US defence secretary Lloyd Austin and Japan’s defence minister Gen Nakatani yesterday for the trilateral ministers’ meeting...