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ONGWEDIVA – Females formed 63.4 percent of students who graduated from the University of Namibia’s northern campuses yesterday, compared to 36.6 percent of male graduates.

GOBABEB – The 2019 Youth Environment Summit (Yes), which is hosted by the Gobabeb Research and Training Centre (GRTC), kicked-off on the 12th of April and a total number of 29 learners from nine secondary schools in Kavango East and Kavango West are participating in the event.

WINDHOEK - Members of parliaments belonging to the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) voted overwhelmingly for an emergency resolution calling for urgent action to support people of the countries of Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe that were recently ravaged by Cyclone Idai recently.

ONGWEDIVA – An employee of Ondonga Traditional Authority who was allegedly forced to drink poison by three men who broke into his room at Onethindi last month succumbed to his injuries on Sunday afternoon. His mother Tresia Shipanga confirmed the sad news to New Era.

ONAYENA – Vice-President Nangolo Mbumba has called for the return of Namibia’s cultural artefacts that were collected during pre-colonial times and now lie in foreign museums.

WINDHOEK - Ganja Users of Namibia (GUN) and Rastafari United Front (RUF), both non-profit making advocacy groups, are organising a peaceful march to hand over a petition to the Speaker of Parliament.

WINDHOEK - Infrastructure networks in Africa and the Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc) remain highly fragmented, reflecting the continent’s small-sized nation states.

WINDHOEK – President Hage Geingob on Saturday thanked late Ovambanderu Traditional Authority (OTA) senior councillor Mateus Karungaiva Katjiteo for working tirelessly to develop the Eiseb community through his involvement in several initiatives, including the repatriation of the Ovambanderu community from Botswana.

WINDHOEK – Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Director Paulus Noa said yesterday that the corruption watchdog has not received any formal complaints on the much-publicised ‘illegal installation’ of an elevator at a state-owned guesthouse occupied by former Vice-President Nicky Iyambo.

LÜDERITZ - Six learners from two schools in Lüderitz, three boys and three girls, have retained their positions as junior councillors for 2019.