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Diarrhoea has been identified as one of the leading causes of death amongst children in Namibia, which is closely linked to the lack of nutrition. The World Health Organisation states that diarrhoea is an important cause of malnutrition. 

The squalid displacement camps near the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) stand as a testament to the government’s struggle to solve insecurity, a key issue ahead of elections later this month. 

With 2023 confirmed to be the hottest year on record by Europe’s climate monitor, the temperature was also rising Wednesday on negotiators thrashing out the thorny issue of fossil fuels at COP28 in Dubai.

A Tehran court has ordered the US government to pay nearly $50 billion in damages for assassinating a top Iranian general nearly four years ago, the judiciary said on Wednesday.

The Brave Gladiators beat Ghana by a 1-0 scoreline in the second leg of the final qualifying round of the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon) tournament at the Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium in Pretoria, South Africa on Tuesday.

The Namibia Chess Federation (NCF) will be taking a bold step this weekend to bolster female participation in chess by organising the Bank Windhoek Chess tournament exclusively for women. 

The two remaining members of West Africa’s G5 alliance yesterday said they were paving the way to dissolving the anti-jihadist grouping, after the other three founding countries left.

Helena Stefanus’ dream of moving her family out of a shack they called home for more than 35 years became a reality yesterday when she officially received her brick house from the National Housing Enterprise (NHE).

Newly-appointed Ohangwena regional governor Sebastian Ndeitunga said over 48 000 homesteads are currently registered on a drought relief programme in the region, but only 16 000 benefited so far.

Chinese, French, Indian and Egyptian companies have joined the race for the construction of the mega Trans-Kalahari railway project, which will see the eventual successful bidder undertaking the project on a design, build, finance, operate, maintain and transfer contract basis.