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Namibian women bare all for animal welfare calendar

Monty, a white mongrel with black ears, sat next to her owner at a Windhoek shopping centre and enjoyed pats from children as their mothers shrieked.

Pohamba steps from predecessor’s shadow

When Hifikepunye Pohamba first ran for Namibian president five years ago, Sam Nujoma was still seen as the power behind the throne.

San face land invasion in Namibia

Soft chanting from young children floated past weathered tents on red Kalahari soil as a wrinkled old man sat on a cracked plastic chair.

After months of floods, Namibia begins clean-up

As flood waters in Namibia subside after nearly four months, residents are slowly repairing their homesteads and harvesting the few remaining crops.

Namibia happy with EPA deal — for now

Namibia held out longer than the majority of its counterparts in Southern Africa before signing the interim economic partnership agreement (EPA) with the European Union, managing…

Southern Africa’s Bushmen face lifestyle threat

They roamed the savannahs and open plains for thousands of years, but the hunter-gatherer lifestyle of Southern Africa’s San tribes is slowly being squeezed towards extinction.…

Namibia’s Etosha National Park turns 100

The Etosha National Park, once the world’s largest game reserve and home to 114 different mammal species, celebrates its centenary this month as the jewel in Namibia’s crown.…

Namibia rolls out red carpet for Mugabe

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe arrived in Namibia on Tuesday at the start of a three-day visit which will see him hold talks with counterpart Hifikepunye Pohamba and sign a…

Mugabe faces hostile reception in Namibia

Human rights groups in Namibia were on Tuesday preparing a hostile reception for Robert Mugabe at the start of a three-day state visit to Windhoek by the veteran Zimbabwean…

Loan for Namibia on Hu’s African swing

Chinese President Hu Jintao on Monday extended cash and loans as he toured Namibia on an African tour marked by Beijing’s largesse to states where its economic presence is…

Brad and Angelina are ‘just ordinary people’

Namibia’s relaxed approach when it comes to celebrity is one of the main reasons why Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt chose this arid stretch of Africa to have their baby — and they…

Namibians pay homage to chief who fought Germans

Nama-speaking tribes in Namibia will flock to a tiny village this weekend to pay tribute a famous chief who raised the banner of revolt against German colonial forces but was…

Namibian farmworkers face eviction

About 70 Namibian farmworkers and their families face an uncertain future after the first expropriation of a white-owned farm by the government and are fighting to retain their…

Pohamba extends olive branch to white Afrikaners

Newly elected Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba on Sunday extended the olive branch to the country’s white Afrikaners, but warned that an unwillingness to share land in the…

New leader ‘like another Nujoma’

Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba, who was sworn in on Monday as the Southern African country’s second head of state since independence, is known for his close ties to Sam…

Nujoma prepares to step down

Namibia’s founding President Sam Nujoma will be studying geology, setting up his own charity foundation and enjoying the lifestyle afforded to a serving head of state when he…

Namibian court orders election recount

Namibia’s High Court on Thursday ordered a recount of ballots from the November parliamentary elections that were overwhelmingly won by the ruling South West Africa People’s…

Nujoma ally expected to win Namibian election

Namibia is getting ready to turn the page on an era with elections next week to choose a successor to President Sam Nujoma, a pivotal figure for the past five decades in this…

Namibia’s white farmers face uncertain future

Namibia’s white farmers are increasingly concerned about their future after President Sam Nujoma’s government began targeting a second group of farms for expropriation under its…

Global warming threatens Skeleton Coast

Parts of Namibia’s exotic Skeleton Coast could be submerged by the end of the century and its rich marine life badly hit by global warming, a report by the Southern African…