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ONGWEDIVA – The police in Ohangwena Region have warned parents and guardians not to leave minor children unattended after two minor children feasted on epilepsy tablets which claimed the life of one of the minor boys.

OMUTHIYA - Development is crawling into Onayena, with 32 plots recently electrified in the relatively newly proclaimed settlement. 

RUNDU - The University of Namibia’s Vice-Chairperson of Council, Rosalia Martins-Hausiku, reminded graduates during a Unam Rundu Campus graduation ceremony on Thursday that success is possible – even to those born in a village where basic amenities are often a rare commodity.

ONGWEDIVA – The Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) said the drought situation in the Etosha National Park is partly to blame for the escape of several wild animals reported in recent weeks.

WINDHOEK - Namibia will be the first African nation to host the Global Focal Point Network’s third annual meeting on women, peace and security. The Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation will host this international meeting this week from April 10 to 11 in Windhoek. 

WINDHOEK-Omupeviminista gwoofaambulika, iipindi neyambulepo lyoongeshfa oonshona, Lucia Iipumbu, okwa kumagidha aakwashigwana yaNamibia opo inaya kutha ko mboka ya iyambelwa emanguluko lyoshilongo pambambo oshoka oomwenyo

KEETMANSHOOP- The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) last weekend held its regional conference in Keetmanshoop to elect its new regional party representatives.

OSHIFUKWA - A physically challenged subsistence mahangu farmer from Oshifukwa in Oshikoto Region says there is no prospects for a good harvest this cropping season because of lower than expected rains as many Namibian farmers still depend on rain-fed crop farming.

OMUTHIYA - Governor of the Oshikoto Region Henock Kankoshi has pleaded for sanity and level-headedness among the two fierce Ondonga Traditional Authority factions as the nation mourns the death of their revered king, Immanuel Kauluma Elifas. 

SWAKOPMUND – The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) chief executive officer Paulus Noa says some board directors collect sitting fees but fail to carry out their full mandate especially when it comes to the investigation of corruption and other irregularities at their institution.