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WINDHOEK – Speaker of the National Assembly Professor Peter Katjavivi says despite Namibia experiencing economic challenges attributed to the global economic meltdown, the country has managed to uplift the lives of many of its inhabitants. 

WINDHOEK – The head of the Namibian Police Public Relations Division, Deputy Commissioner Edwin Kanguatjivi, said the police would for now not seize any fixed or liquid assets belonging to the former fisheries and justice ministers.

WINDHOEK - The workshop for media practitioners on nutrition and food security on Wednesday indicated there is poor access to nutritional food in informal settlements compared to suburbs close to towns.

RUNDU – Urban and rural development minister Peya Mushelenga has given the Shambyu chiefs council the go ahead to install chief-designate Sofia Mundjembwe as the new leader of the traditional authority.

OVITOTO - The Speaker of the National Assembly, Professor Peter Katjavivi handed over a donation of school items to the learners of the K.J Kapeua Combined School in the Ovitoto area of the Otjozondjupa region yesterday.

WINDHOEK - The Editors’ Forum of Namibia (EFN) conferred posthumously a media award on Jamal Khashoggi during the recent journalism excellence event held in Windhoek.

KEETMANSHOOP - The //Kharas Regional Council leadership and other relevant stakeholders gathered in the capital of the south earlier this week to set the basis for the creation of a tourism forum. 

KATIMA MULILO – The recently formed Namibians Against Secessionism in Zambezi Region group has condemned the activities of pro-secessionist activists in Zambezi, particularly by the Caprivi Concerned Group (CCG) and ex-Dukwe refugees under the umbrella of the banned UDP.

WINDHOEK - Indian High Commissioner to Namibia Prashant Agrawal has welcomed the landmark Supreme Court judgement on the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit, saying the order brings to closure the historical and long-standing dispute. 

WALVIS BAY – Landless People’s Movement (LPM) leader Bernadus Swartbooi has urged supporters to vote for change in this month’s general election, saying Namibians should not vote out of loyalty.