A police detective was attacked with a panga during an armed robbery in the early hours of Sunday morning in Wanaheda, Windhoek. The incident is one of several serious crimes reported across the country over the weekend, many involving large financial losses and increasing violence. According to a police statement, the detective had just dropped off a colleague at Green...
Groot Aub gets municipal offices
Zebaldt Ngaruka The City of Windhoek has made significant progress in bringing municipal services closer to Groot Aub. Lately, the City opened offices at the settlement to ease the burden of travelling for those living there. The structure is made of containers moulded into a modernoffice. Public Relations Officer, Lydia Amutenya, said the City procured 11 containers, eight of which...
Ndume slams ‘middlemen’ for crippling eye care
Taimi Haihambo OSHIKUKU – Renowned Namibian ophthalmologist Dr Helena Ndume has accused “tenderpreneurs” of driving up costs and making it harder for doctors to treat patients. Speaking during her ongoing cataract surgery campaign at the Oshikuku State Hospital in the Omusati region, she said despite conducting eye operations in Namibia for over 30 years, this year has been particularly challenging....
Finnish MP dies inside parliament building
HELSINKI – A MP from Finland’s Social Democratic Party, Eemeli Peltonen, died in Finland’s parliament building yesterday at the age of 30, the assembly’s communications officesaid. “The person who passed away in the Parliament Building on the morning of August 19 is Eemeli Peltonen, a member of parliament in his first term,” the statement said, expressing condolences to his relatives....
Mediators await Israeli response to new truce offer
JERUSALEM – Mediators were awaiting an Israeli response Tuesday to a fresh Gaza ceasefire plan, a day after Hamas accepted the proposal and signalled its readiness for a new round of talks aimed at ending nearly two years of war. Mediator Qatar expressed guarded optimism for the new proposal, noting it was “almost identical” to an earlier version agreed to...
Pakistan floods kill 400
BAR DALORI – Rescuers and residents yesterday resumed searching for survivors as the death toll from five days of torrential rain rose to almost 400, with authorities warning monsoon downpours would continue until the weekend. Torrential rains across Pakistan’s north have caused flooding and landslides that have swept away entire villages, leaving many residents trapped in the rubble and scores...
Ethiopia’s law risks ‘total closure of civic space’
ADDIS ABABA – Amnesty International has sounded the alarm over proposed reforms in Ethiopia targeting the government body overseeing civil society groups, warning the changes risk “a total closure of civic space” in the country. The Horn of Africa nation of some 130 million people is regularly criticised by rights groups for the repression of dissenting voices. According to Amnesty,...
Bus accident toll in Benin rises to 27
COTONOU – At least 27 people have died in Benin after a bus plunged from a bridge into the Oueme River, rescuers said yesterday, updating the toll from the weekend crash that left dozens missing. The director of the west African country’s civil protection agency, Abdel Aziz Bio Djibril, told local Bip Radio that rescuers retrieved 23 bodies from the...
NDF outshine Zambia in bilateral games
Zebaldt Ngaruka The Namibian Defence Force’s 26 Motorised Infantry Brigade (26 Mot Inf Bde) defeated their Zambian counterparts in all competitions during the bilateral sporting engagements event at the Katima Mulilo Sports Complex in the Zambezi region. The two military formations based along the shared borders participated in various sporting codes such as football, netball, volleyball, pool table and chess....
Iiyambo speaks about her football journey
Former Brave Gladiators vice captain and Beauties FC coach Salome Iiyambo will lead her club into battle this weekend as they make their debut at the 2024/2025 TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Championships League Cosafa qualifiers. The tournament marks not only a new chapter for Namibia’s most decorated women’s football club, but also a full-circle moment for one of the country’s most...