PORT LOUIS – Mauritius avoided a second catastrophic oil spill Wednesday after salvage crews pumped the remaining fuel from the tanks of a cargo ship that ran aground off its coast, imperilling world-famous wildlife sanctuaries.The stricken vessel threatens to break apart after more than two weeks stranded on a reef, where it leaked more than...
PARIS – Are the long months of lonesome waiting finally over? Coronavirus travel restrictions have kept lovers and unmarried couples apart since the outbreak, but governments around the world are now showing more understanding of their plight, with some introducing measures to allow a happy and long-awaited reunion. Before the pandemic, Frenchman Nicolas Perret would...
WILMINGTON – Joe Biden and Kamala Harris launched their joint White House bid Wednesday, with the newly-minted vice presidential nominee saying Americans are “crying out for leadership” to overcome the triple crisis of a pandemic, racial injustice and a ravaged economy. Making their first appearance as running mates, before a small crowd of reporters and...
BRASÍLIA – The Brazilian state of Parana signed a deal Wednesday to test and produce Russia’s new coronavirus vaccine, though officials stressed they would have to be sure of its safety and effectiveness first. The vaccine would have to receive Brazilian regulatory approval and complete Phase 3 clinical trials, or large-scale testing in humans, before...
MADJWA – Japan’s Ambassador to Namibia Hideaki Harada visited the Kavango East region on Tuesday to witness how his country’s contribution to Namibia’s drought response plan is aiding the country. During the visit, the World Food Programme’s (WFP) Country Director for Namibia, Baimankay Sankoh thanked the government of Japan for contributing N$11.2 million earlier this...
JOHANNESBURG – Business confidence in South Africa ticked up in July compared with June, but remained sharply lower from a year ago as the economy felt the continued pressure from the Covid-19 pandemic, a survey showed on Wednesday. The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (SACCI) business confidence index (BCI) recovered further to 82.8...
JOHANNESBURG – Regional intergovernmental organisation the East African Community (EAC) announced it would launch a regional electronic cargo and driver-tracking system (RECDTS) yesterday at the Rusumo border post between Rwanda and Tanzania. Addressing a weekly online EAC ad hoc regional co-ordination committee (EARCC) meeting on Covid-19 last Friday, the deputy secretary-general in charge of productive...
KHORIXAS – Street vendors that sell fruit and vegetables at Outjo and Khorixas said that business has returned to normal and customers are being received in numbers as it was before the Covid-19 outbreak. In interviews with Nampa, the vendors said that after it was announced that nationwide movement restrictions have been eased from stage...
KEETMANSHOOP – There is a need for the promotion of inland fisheries as it can improve food security and generate income, Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Albert Kawana has said. Kawana said this during a stakeholder meeting held at the Fonteintjie fish farm at Keetmanshoop on Monday.The minister said it is time for Namibians...
Economic resilience is defined by the United Nations as the policy-induced ability of an economy to withstand or recover from the effects of external shocks. In the other quarters, there is need for economies to implement policies that enhance the ability to resist vulnerabilities arising from economic openness. The Namibian economy is not an exemption...