Rome – Opolisi yaItaly melongelokumwe nopolisi yaSwitzerland oya manga po aafekelwa 75 moshikonga shoka shi li ompinge ‘noNdrangheta’, oomafia ndhoka hadhi longele muuzilo waItaly, noya kwata ko iinima yongushu yooEuro oomiliona 169. Oshikonga shika sha ningwa kiilongo mbika iyali osha li shi na aapolisi 700 kombinga yaItaly, osho opolisi yi na sha noshimaliwa moItaly ya...
Johannesburg – South Africa’s former environment minister Nomvula Mokonyane on Monday dismissed corruption allegations against her as sexist and “very disrespectful” An executive of the Bosasa company, a state contractor, had accused Mokonyane of accepting bribes, cases of beer and whiskey and huge deliveries of meat as the government awarded it lucrative contracts. Mokonyane was...
Two South African cabinet ministers have been hospitalised with coronavirus, the government announced yesterday. Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi (61) and Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe (65) were separately admitted to hospital on Monday. Cabinet spokeswoman Phumla Williams said in a statement that they were hospitalised on the advice of their doctors for “better medical attention”...
Khartoum – Sudan’s former president Omar al-Bashir, ousted amid a popular pro-democracy uprising last year, went on trial yesterday over the military coup that brought him to power more than three decades ago. Bashir (76) could face the death penalty if convicted over the 1989 Islamist-backed overthrow of the democratically elected government of prime minister...
Namibia’s T20 Cricket Team will continue with their training programme following the postponement of the 2020 International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s World Cup on Monday, which was scheduled for Australia. The event was set to start on 18 October and end on 15 November, with Namibia having qualified for the tournament in October 2019, before...
COLOMBIA – Yerlis Ballesteros has been here before, fleeing for her life. The first time she held her mother’s hand, but this time she is fleeing with her two children, leaving the mountainous region where she once fought as a guerrilla before opting for a life of peace. The violence that accompanies drug trafficking in...
Bamako – Mali’s political opposition said it would halt protests in a “truce” ahead of the upcoming Eid festival, as four West African presidents prepare to travel to the country this week for mediation talks to try and resolve a deepening crisis. President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has been locked in a standoff for weeks with...
PARIS – With monikers as divergent as the “Professor” and the “Destroyer”, the Islamic State group’s new head has a reputation for brutality, but otherwise remains largely an enigma. Amir Mohammed Said Abd al-Rahman al-Mawla replaced Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi after his death in a raid by US Special Forces last October. Mawla was initially presented...
RIYADH – This year’s hajj, which has been scaled back dramatically to include only around 1 000 Muslim pilgrims due to the coronavirus pandemic, will begin on 29 July Saudi authorities said Monday. Some 2.5 million people usually participate in the ritual of several days, centred on the holy city of Mecca. “The stand of...
Following a series of unwelcomed events in our Namibian sports fraternity such as expulsions and termination of sponsorship contracts. Today’s weekly take away concentrates on effective leadership in sports. On the other hand, I must emphasise that these events are an essential learning curve for all stakeholders in Namibian sports and serves as a wake...