President Nangola Mbumba’s biggest dream was to become a school principal one day. For him, that was the pinnacle of success.
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Opinion – Budget expectations: Rebuilding resilience
The minister of finance Iipumbu Shiimi is set to table the 2024-25 budget in February 2024.
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Businesses mourn Geingob as ‘great leader’… recognised for deep impact in advancing workers’ rights
Namibia’s business community continues to mourn the untimely passing of President Hage Geingob.
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Fishing sector employers’ compliance at 67%
The labour ministry’s executive director Lydia Indombo said the ministry conducted 547 workplace inspections to evaluate adherence to fundamental employment requirements.
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OECD ups world growth forecast but sees Middle East ‘risk’
PARIS - The OECD raised its 2024 world economic growth forecast yesterday but warned that the Middle East conflict posed a risk, with disruptions in Red Sea shipping threatening to increase consumer prices.
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All systems go for Epukiro auction … pens finally completed
Following slight delays due to incomplete vital infrastructure, it’s all systems go for the much-anticipated Eastern Epukiro Farmers Association (EEFA) auction, which will now take place this Thursday at Epukiro Pos 3.
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Death toll rises to six in Kenyan gas blast
The death toll from a gas explosion in Nairobi last week has risen to six after three more victims died from their burns, the government’s spokesperson said Sunday.
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Kidnappers abduct 35 wedding guests in Nigeria
At least 35 women are missing after kidnappers seized guests returning from a wedding in northwestern Nigeria, officials told AFP on Monday. The mass kidnapping in Katsina state is the largest in a series of recent abductions across Africa’s most populous country.
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Clashes outside Senegalese parliament
Security forces used tear gas to disperse an opposition rally outside Senegal’s parliament yesterday, shortly before the start of a contentious debate on postponing this month’s presidential election.
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Blinken heads to Mideast to press for Gaza truce
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed to the Middle East for another crisis tour on Monday in a bid to secure a new truce in the Israel-Hamas war, as southern Gaza saw no let-up in fighting.