Dar es Salaam – Tanzania’s main opposition Chadema party on Tuesday nominated heavyweight Tundu Lissu, who was shot 16 times in a 2017 assassination attempt, as its presidential candidate to run against incumbent John Magufuli in October’s election. Lissu, a former MP and Chadema’s deputy chairman, returned to the East African country from exile last...
Fulham made an instant return to the Premier League on Tuesday, beating Brentford 2-1 at Wembley in what is regarded as the most lucrative game in world football. Defender Joe Bryan was the unlikely hero for Scott Parker’s side in the Championship playoff final, scoring two goals in extra time after the London clubs were...
Maqonda Ndlovu While Namibia’s football leaders continue to engage in politicking and fighting, footballers continue to suffer at the periphery without food on their table. As the adage goes, ‘when two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers’. This idiom is true to the situation the ordinary Namibian footballer finds themselves in due to...
Taipei – The United States announced yesterday its highest-level visit to Taiwan since it switched diplomatic recognition to China four decades ago, a move Beijing blasted as a threat to “peace and stability”. The visit, which will be headed by health chief Alex Azar, comes as relations between the world’s two biggest powers plunge to...
Cricket Namibia (CN) yesterday launched a new youth developmental cricket tournament in Windhoek called the National African Personal Services (APS) Sixes. The tournament will cater for boys and girls from the age of 10 upwards and is scheduled to start in September, in line with the lockdown regulations announced by the government. Speaking at the...
BEIRUT – Rescuers searched for survivors in Beirut yesterday after a cataclysmic explosion at the port sowed devastation across entire neighbourhoods, killing more than 100 people, wounding thousands and plunging Lebanon deeper into crisis. The blast, which appeared to have been caused by a fire igniting 2 750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate left unsecured in...
Washington – The White House on Tuesday condemned the presence of foreign military forces in Libya and said there is no “winning side” in the its complex civil war. “The United States is deeply troubled by the escalating conflict in Libya. We strongly oppose foreign military involvement, including the use of mercenaries and private military...
PARIS – France and the Netherlands are gearing up for stricter mask-wearing rules to fight the coronavirus as the global death toll from the pandemic neared 700 000. Paris, Toulouse and other cities announced that the wearing of masks would be compulsory in particularly busy streets and squares. People already have to wear them inside...
Eight suspects have been arrested for possessing controlled wildlife products between 27 July and 2 August 2020. This is according to the weekly wildlife crime report for this period issued by the environment ministry, which said the suspects were arrested for allegedly possessing lion and leopard skins and a live pangolin, respectively. It said Cleophas...
Zambezi regional governor Lawrence Sampofu said schools in his region are faced with shortages of school furniture and need approximately 4 524 chairs and desks across all grades, and 922 hostel beds and mattresses. The governor revealed this during his state of the region address (SORA) delivered recently and availed to Nampa on Monday. Sampofu...