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WINDHOEK - A 14-year-old learner committed suicide by hanging herself with a rope around her neck inside her bedroom on Saturday. 

ROSH PINAH - Women’s Action for Development (WAD) executive director Salatiel Shinedima has urged Namibians to support local businesses, especially those run by young people, to help reduce high unemployment among the youth.

ONGWEDIVA – Hepatitis E cases have spiked dramatically over the last couple of years, with health officials declaring 1 635 confirmed cases as at 10 November this year.

WINDHOEK - Former Chairperson of the National Council Margaret Mensah-Williams says the infertility stigma against women must end. 

WINDHOEK – Major-General of the Namibian Police Force Oscar Embubulu said at the launch of the 2019/2020 festive season road safety campaign in Windhoek earlier this week that the high motor accident rate in the country can be attributed to road users. 

The second phase of the construction of the bitumen road between Aminuis and Aranos was commissioned on Tuesday at Onderombapa by works and transport minister John Mutorwa.

ONAMISHU – Oshikoto is grappling with a severe shortage of hostels and only ten schools out of 221 in the region have boarding facilities, according to education director Aletta Eises. 

WINDHOEK – The National Road Safety Council (NRSC) and National Institute for Educational Development (NIED) in conjunction with Road Traffic Management Services (RTMS) held a road safety education training workshop last Friday at Emmanuel Shifidi Secondary School.

WINDHOEK - Minister of works and transport John Mutorwa officiated the commencement of the Windhoek Hosea Kutako International Airport dual carriageway on Monday at Auasblick.

NAIROBI - Namibia will scale up youth-friendly family planning services and address barriers that prevent key populations from accessing public health care services.