Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden. It is easier to say “My tooth is aching” than to say “My heart is broken”. C.S Lewis An emotional wound is a type of trauma...
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Zambia education minister fired after nude videos go viral
LUSAKA – Zambian leader Edgar Lungu on Wednesday fired his education minister, David Mabumba, the presidency said, after nude video clips of him went viral on social media. A statement from the presidency did not give reasons for his removal but it came after explicit video clips of the minister were leaked on Twitter, Facebook...
Mali crisis mediation falters … amid opposition defiance
BAMAKO Mali’s opposition on Wednesday reiterated calls for President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to resign, again spurning a compromise floated by West African leaders seeking to resolve a weeks-old political crisis. Using the acronym by which the president is known, prominent opposition leader Choguel Maiga told a news conference that “the only watchword remains the resignation...
Ombashu ya yangatwa po komulilo mOshikango
OSHIKANGO – Ombashu yoondunda heyali oya li ya pi po mEtitatu mondoolopa yaHelao Nafidi. Mayola gwondoolopa Eliaser Nghipangelwa okwa li a lombwele oshikundaneki shoNampa kutya omulilo ogwa li gwa tukuka koowili dhongula sho mboka haya zi megumbo moka ya li ya ya kiilonga. Oondunda hamano odha li dha yangata po thilu, omanga ontiheyali ya li...
Aakalimo ya thita po sho omukulupe a tidhwa mofaalama
OUTJO – Aakalimo yomondoolopa yOutjo moshitopolwa shaKunene oya li ya ulike okwaa uva nawa kwawo mEtitatu kombinga yetokolo lyompangu yopomanda ndyoka lya li lya pitithwa muMaalitsa nuumvo opo omukiintu gwoomvula 63 a thige po ofaalama yopaumwene, omukiintu nguka omo a valelwa mofaalama moka, omo a putukila naakwanezimo ye omo ya fumvikwa moka. Etokolo ndika olya...
Otjivarero tjo tjisuta o komiti inatjo-Ngavirue
OTJIWARONGO- Okomiti yOvatjiwe yOtjiÞiro Otjindjandja ina otjivarero otjiputu putu tjo tjisuta mouruvi wayo, posia rutenga ma hakayene notjiwaøa, ozo ngooneya no vi waøa mbya Þunwa kutja otjiwana atjihe tji tji yakure. Omuhindwa wa Peke wa Namibia, eye nai ngu ho ngorera po ovihungiriro imbi, Onongo Zed Ngavirue, Oritjavari wa raere Ongooneya ya Tjozondjupa, James Uerikua. ...
Irimari: Oshana is politically stable
OSHAKATI – Oshana governor Elia Irimari said the year 2019/20 has presented the people of his region with challenges of prolonged drought, economic downturn – and lately, the novel coronavirus pandemic. Irimari made these remarks whilst presenting his 2019/20 state of the region address at Oshakati yesterday. According to the governor, the challenges, especially the threat...
Iraq, Kuwait haunted by Saddam’s invasion … three decades on
BAGHDAD – Thirty years have passed since Iraqi tyrant Saddam Hussein invaded neighbouring Kuwait, but despite hints of a diplomatic rapprochement, people in both countries say the wounds have yet to heal. On August 2, 1990, Saddam sent his military, already exhausted by an eight-year conflict with Iran, into Kuwait to seize what he dubbed...
KASU Winter Cup action this weekend
The eighth edition of the annual Katutura Sports Union’s (KASU) Winter Cup will commence tomorrow at the Sam Nujoma and Khomasdal stadiums in the capital. The competition – worth a whopping N$25 000 – has attracted 22 football and 14 netball teams and is expected to run until 08 August. KASU chairperson Kuveri Tjonga said...
Coronavirus in Nigeria: What we know
LAGOS – Five months after Nigeria saw its first case of Covid-19, the virus today is spreading at dizzying speed, posing a mountainous challenge to a health service already under strain. Here’s a snapshot of the situation in Africa’s most populous country: Like many countries in Africa, Nigeria imposed a lockdown at the start of...








