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WALVIS BAY – A woman who lives in a tent at the Otweya temporary campsite at Walvis Bay was miraculously saved by the cries of her three-week-old baby boy on Sunday after being attacked by two unknown masked men.

International relations minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says Namibia is preparing the second voluntary national review report on the implementation process of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the national level. 

As part of the 75th anniversary of the United Nations (UN) Day in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, which is having a major health and economic impact across the globe, the UN praised the Namibian government for its decisive and unprecedented action in containing the spread of the virus.

KEETMANSHOOP - Agriculture, Water and Land Reform Minister, Calle Schlettwein said the government intends to implement a 5 000ha irrigation scheme outside the Neckartal Dam to increase food security and economic development in //Kharas region.

President Hage Geingob marked on Saturday the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations.

KEETMANSHOOP – Swapo party stalwart Tom Alweendo on Saturday called on the residents of //Kharas region to trust the ruling party with the governance of the country and assured them that the party is committed to its promises.

President Hage Geingob has commended Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg for her government’s cooperation in the ongoing criminal investigations into the Fishrot scandal, which has led to the arrest of former ministers and businessmen.

With swathes of grassland destroyed and hundreds of livestock burned to death, wildfires have brought misery and anguish to communal farmers in the Omaheke region.

A previous romantic relationship involving one of the Americans accused of murder has been cited as a possible cause of the fatal shooting of Namibian Andre Heckmair in Windhoek during 2011.  

An unemployed mother to a 14-month-old baby girl, who was born with a rare condition, where she has no bones in her arm and leg, hopes to see her daughter lead a normal life.