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ODIBO - In Namibia, teen clubs help provide adolescents who live with HIV a positive space to gather socially—and help health centres reach the growing number of HIV-positive teenagers who need emotional and psychological support in addition to medical treatment. Odibo Health Centre established a teen club in 2013 to better meet the unique needs of

TSUMEB –The #Doitwithafriend social media campaign, an initiative to encourage men to get circumcised, started in Tsumeb with two young men who were circumcised on Friday.

ONGWEDIVA  – A man is fighting for his life in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Oshakati Intermediate Hospital, after he was allegedly stabbed with a knife following an argument over a cellphone.

KEETMANSHOOP - Those who may have been involved in the N$400,000 robbery of the Agra shop at Maltahöhe last Monday are still at large and the police reward for information that may lead to their arrest still stands.  

WALVIS BAY - The rape and child trafficking case of the Russian marine pilot, Alexander Krylov (57), and his co-accused Anna Katrina Engelbrecht (27), has now been transferred to the High Court in Windhoek by the Prosecutor General.

WINDHOEK – Miss Namibia, Selma Kamanya, says the prestigious title has poised her to support causes close to her heart such as art and women empowerment.

KATIMA MULILO – Three community based youth organisations in the region of  Zambezi and the two Kavango regions supporting the Ministry of Health and Social Services by offering HIV/AIDS services have been awarded grants by PEPFAR.
The handvover took place in Katima Mulilo on Thursday.

KEETMANSHOOP - Namibia National Students Organisation (Nanso)’s //Kharas leadership donated various books to the town’s library and schools to encourage a culture of reading amongst learners.

WALVIS BAY - The government does not have the interests of workers at heart, hence unionists should become bigger players to safeguard the future of the country and the public, says the Secretary General of the Trade Union Congress of Namibia (Tucna), Mahongora Kavihuha.  

WALVIS BAY - The Trade Union Congress of Namibia (Tucna) wants provisions for housing, severance payments, and the working hours of security guards to be changed.