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Namibia has expressed its readiness and willingness to share information with Ethiopia on various farming systems practised in the country. 

Former African Union representative to the United States Arikana Chihombori-Quao and her delegation visited Namibia to establish the presence of African Diaspora Development Institute (ADDI) in Namibia.

Unwarranted political interference in the administrative operations of regional councils, poor services, cases of mismanagement as well as conflict between councillors and officials have prompted the Urban and Rural Development Ministry to amend the Regional Councils Act 1992 (Act No. 22 of 1992).

Ondangwa mayor Paavo Amweele has denied owning three erven in the town’s Onatsi informal settlement, which is meant for low-income earners.

Much to the expectations of local analysts, finance minister Iipumbu Shiimi yesterday tabled a 2022/23 mid-term budget review that reflects a resource allocation that is both pro-poor and sustainable. 

A group of protesters yesterday marched from Katutura to Zoo Park in town to deliver a petition calling for the nationalisation of mineral resources while also demanding ownership of Namibian land and banks.

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Former Okahandja regional councillor Steve Biko Booys, who is accused of sexually violating his 20-year-old daughter, is awaiting trial after his case was transferred to the Windhoek Regional Court.

The National Unity Democratic Organisation (Nudo) yesterday said they are not worried by the Ovaherero Traditional Authority (OTA) under academic Mutjinde Katjiua’s close ties with the Landless People’s Movement (LPM) on the matter of genocide. 

Electoral integrity is indispensable for the nurturing and deepening of democratic and participatory governance in the SADC region as free and fair elections are far from guaranteed in many countries around the world today.