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A Sudanese pro-democracy activists' committee has reported "up to 100" dead in a single day in a village attacked by paramilitary forces, as the United Nations warned yesterday of mass displacement and starvation.

Minister of Finance and Public Enterprises, Iipumbu Shiimi, has announced that Namibia’s sovereign credit rating has been retained at B1 and its outlook upgraded to positive from stable by Moody’s Investor Services.

Johannesburg - South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) party was holding internal talks yesterday to decide how to form a government, after it failed to win an outright majority in last week’s general election.

The suspended president of the Mine Workers Union of Namibia, Ismael Kasuto and his deputy Desley Somseb, have failed to convince the Windhoek High Court that their matter is urgent and should jump the court’s queue.

Alfons Kaundu, whose chieftaincy was in question, has been affirmed as the rightful ruler of the Mbunza Traditional Authority by the Windhoek High Court.

Hompa Sofia Mundjembwe Kanyetu of the Shambyu Traditional Authority has urged teachers to mould learners into well-behaved citizens.

Windhoek High Court acting judge Collins Parker granted police chief, Joseph Shikongo, an interdict to stop social activist and politician Michael Amushelelo from distributing, orally or in writing utterances that are deemed defamatory.

A former Prime Ministers’ personal assistant, who stands accused of sexually molesting a nine-year-old girl, will have to remain in custody following a failed bail application. 

The small community of /Ganigobis, a remote village north-west of Keetmanshoop, were shocked last Friday when they discovered that water pumps and solar panels erected the day before at a nearby borehole were stolen during the night.