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On August 6, 2019, both Houses of Parliament of India passed resolutions to do away with a temporary provision of the Indian Constitution - Article 370, along with Article 35A, pertaining to the Indian state of

WINDHOEK – A rapid assessment of trends in injecting drug use and risk of HIV transmission which was recently concluded in parts of Namibia has shown an increase in drug use.

OMUTHIYA - Donations poured in for a family of seven from Onamishu in Omuthiya Constituency who were left homeless in July after a fire gutted their homestead reducing it to ashes. 

RUNDU - A team of Indian prosthetics together with their Namibian counterparts will hold a six-week camp to provide prosthetic limbs popularly known as Jaipur Foot free in Rundu in Kavango East starting from September 17, 2019. 

ONGWEDIVA - A 31-year-old man allegedly killed his girlfriend after he escaped from the Oshakati Intermediate Hospital where he was under police guard for theft of a laptop.

ONDANGWA - In response to the government’s drought relief assistance call, the Sinko Group of companies on Monday donated 700 bales of animal fodder worth N$116 000 to drought-stricken farmers in Omusati and Oshana regions.

WINDHOEK – A twenty-eight-year-old man was murdered for allegedly spanking his brother-in-law’s child over the weekend.

WINDHOEK – The Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) will extend the operating hours at Katutura Health Centre to  24 hours a day.

WINDHOEK - The president of the Ganja Users of Namibia, Brian Jaftha, is taking the right to privacy fight to northern Namibia on Friday with a march scheduled from Ongwediva to Oshakati. 

LÜDERITZ - The Ministry of Industrialisation, Trade and SME Development has, through facilitating high-level meetings, been instrumental in fulfilling the government’s ambition and vision to make Namibian ports the main getaway to regional and international markets.