As 2025 comes to an end, it is worth noting that Namibia strategically positioned itself as a key and reliable partner in both multilateral and bilateral relations, continuing shaping its diplomacy to ultimately support national development. It all started on 21 March 2025, a momentous Friday when Namibia stood still to witness the swearing in...
YANGON – Myanmar’s junta said on Wednesday that it was seeking to prosecute more than 200 people under a law forbidding “disruption” of upcoming military-run elections, legislation that rights monitors say aims to crush dissent. The military government is touting phased elections starting 28 December as a step towards reconciliation in Myanmar, which has been...
JOHANNESBURG – South African authorities have arrested and will expel seven Kenyans accused of working without the correct documentation on a US government programme to accept white Afrikaners as “refugees,” the home affairs department said on Wednesday. US president Donald Trump’s administration in May offered refugee status to the minority white Afrikaner community, claiming they...
WASHINGTON – US president Donald Trump announced on Tuesday a blockade of “sanctioned oil vessels” heading to and leaving Venezuela, sharply escalating his pressure campaign against Caracas while issuing new demands for access to the country’s crude. The United States has for months been building a major military deployment in the Caribbean, with the stated...
GENEVA – The United Nations on Monday called for the unconditional release of the estimated 10 000 people arbitrarily detained in Eritrea, including politicians, journalists, and students. The Horn of Africa country has been ruled with an iron fist by president Isaias Afwerki (79) since independence from Ethiopia in 1993 and ranks near the bottom...
DUBAI – Saudi Arabia set a new record for the number of executions carried out in a single year, according to an AFP tally, with the kingdom killing 340 people so far this year after authorities said three people were put to death on Monday. The toll marks the second-straight year Saudi Arabia has broken...
ABUJA – Presidents and their deputies from across West Africa met on Sunday in Nigeria for a regional meeting whose agenda was dominated by two recent coup attempts. A successful coup in Guinea Bissau in November and a foiled military attempt in Benin a week ago have shaken the regional bloc ECOWAS. The bloc was...
UVIRA – With rifles at their feet, Burundian soldiers watch from behind barriers as more than 500 of their compatriots cross the Kavimvira border, returning home. The group of civilians had been stranded in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by fighting after the M23 militia launched an offensive in early December. Days after signing...
SYDNEY – Two suspected shooters opened fire at Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach on Sunday, killing nine people and wounding multiple others in an attack that spread panic, with bodies reported lying on the ground. An annual “Chanukah by the Sea” gathering marking the Jewish festival of Hanukkah was planned at the beach Sunday afternoon, but...
JUBA – South Sudan yesterday said it had reached an agreement with warring parties for it to secure a key oil field in Sudan near the border after the site was seized by paramilitaries. Kordofan, where the Heglig oil field lies, has become the epicentre of the Sudanese civil war after the paramilitary Rapid Support...