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RUNDU – Squatters at Rundu, who recently defied an eviction order, were left fuming after council officials refused to accept their petition yesterday.

ǀAEǁGAMS – Namibiab !nâ ǀasase ge !Khaitsâb nē kurib dib !nâ ǀgui ǀhui-am ǂhanusi ǂnûiǂgās, ge a ǁaxa Mario!nâ !oabade ǁnān hîa ǂkhawadīb !nâ ge a tsuihen !aroma.

ǀAEǁGAMS – Namibiab ǁHûidi !Nans (ECN) ge ǂoago wekheb Donertaxtsēs ǀams ai ge ǂanǂan, ǁîs ge disi ǁgaumâide a !khō!oasa !goaxa President ǁhûidi !aroma.

ǀAEǁGAMS – !Nakaǂnôa Ministers !Hū!nāsi ǁHōn dis Maureen Hinda-Mbuendes ge ge mî, ǀasa passportdi hîa ǂgui ǀnōb !nâ ǂoago wekheb Mantaxtsēs ai ge !hūb !nâ ǂgâxadi nî disi kurigu di sîsenxas ǁaeba ūhâsa.

ANKARA - It is dismaying that Turkey’s military operation in northeastern Syria is being spun in the American news media as an attack on Kurds, as weakening the fight against the remnants of Daesh (or the so-called Islamic State) and hurting America’s credibility with its allies. 

OKAHANDJA - Thirty new US Peace Corps volunteers joined local communities throughout Namibia last week to begin two-year assignments to strengthen education across the country.  

WINDHOEK – Namibia and Azerbaijan, the former Soviet republic bounded by the Caspian Sea and Caucasus Mountains, which span Asia and Europe, last week signed a joint communiqué in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on the establishment of diplomatic relations.

WINDHOEK - A hydroponic garden adopted at the  Otjomuise Primary School at the beginning of this year has been supplementing the school-feeding programme with vegetables as a source of nutrition. 

OMUTHIYAGWIIPUNDI - Local authority councillors of Omuthiya Town Council are once again implicated in allegations of nepotism, following their alleged involvement in the recruitment of a human resources practitioner and an environmental health inspector.

KEETMANSHOOP - Only two African universities have made it to the world’s top 250 rankings much to the chagrin of University of Namibia’s pro-vice chancellor Professor Frednard Gideon.