ǀAeǁgams !ā!khōmais ge ra mî, ǁanǂgāsaben nî domdoresa nē ǀaweǁguisa ǀoro ǂganǀgauba ūhâ tsî !haes tsîna nî dī internet !gaeǁares nî sîsentsoatsoas karao. ǁKhātis ge !ā!khōmaisa ǁanǂgāsaben tsî ǂharugun tsîn hoana ǁîs !oabade supuse hōs !aroma ra !hûǁare. Internet !gaeǁares ǀkhas ge !ā!khōmaisa ra ôa-am îs ga ǁîs ǁanǂgāsaben tsî ǂharugugu tsîn hoana !oa!ū ǁîs...
Tehran – Iran yesterday executed a former translator convicted of spying for the US and Israel, including helping to locate a top Iranian general killed later by the Americans, the judiciary said. The killing of Major General Qasem Soleimani in a US drone strike near Baghdad airport in January brought decades-old arch enemies Iran and...
Washington – President Donald Trump assailed likely opponent Joe Biden as “not competent” to lead the United States, speaking as polls over the weekend showed deepening voter disenchantment with his own handling of the coronavirus pandemic. “He’s shot, he’s mentally shot,” Trump said about Biden in a wide-ranging interview with “Fox News Sunday.” He said...
Beirut – At least 14 prisoners have died from likely Covid-19 complications in scantly-monitored outbreaks of the disease at Egyptian detention centres, Human Rights Watch said yesterday. “At least 14 prisoners and detainees have died, most likely from Covid-19 complications, in 10 detention facilities as of July 15,” the rights groups said in a statement....
Algiers – The global wave of anti-racism protests sparked by the US police killing of George Floyd has barely touched North Africa, despite everyday discrimination in a region with a long slave-trading history. Black citizens in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, as well as migrants from sub-Saharan Africa who come to work, study or try to...
Kano – At least 23 Nigerian troops were killed when they were ambushed by a gang of so-called “bandits” in a remote village in the northwest of the country, security sources said Sunday. The gang opened fire Saturday on the soldiers who were on foot in a forested part of the Jibia district in Katsina...
Covid-19 Football Club from Windhoek reigned supreme at the Groot Aub football challenge tournament over the weekend by beating Airports Eagles on penalties after they played to a 90 minutes goalless draw. The tourney that started last weekend with a total of 36 teams participating. The quarter-finals took place on Saturday, on-field A, where Deon...
Tiri Masawi Olympian Gaby Ahrens (39) has found a new love in unearthing Namibia’s next generation of stars. Counted among one of Namibia’s greatest athletes after competing in the trap (shooting) event in the 2008, 2012 – where she was her country’s first female flag-bearer) – Ahrens wants to be the gift that keeps on...
Tottenham Hotspur manager Jose Mourinho says the club are lucky to have striker Harry Kane and that the England skipper “would not be so special” at another team. Kane, who recovered from a hamstring tendon issue during the three-month Covid-19 shutdown, looked back to his best with two quality goals as Spurs defeated Leicester City...
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer admitted David De Gea’s place is not guaranteed after the goalkeeper endured another error-strewn display in Manchester United’s FA Cup semifinal defeat to Chelsea. Chelsea will face London rivals Arsenal in the final on 1 August thanks to a pair of embarrassing blunders from De Gea in United’s 3-1 loss at Wembley...