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/ 10 February 2004
The passing of Namibia’s new Inheritance and Maintenance Law at the end of last year has proved an enormous shot in the arm for illegitimate children battling for their inheritance. The new law has been hailed as long overdue by legal experts and will also put defaulting fathers under closer scrutiny.
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/ 12 January 2004
Germany’s ambassador to Namibia expressed his country’s ”regret” on Sunday over the ruthless quelling of the Herero tribe uprising a century ago in which tens of thousands were slaughtered by German colonial troops.
An unusual and vehement war of words about historic truths dating back to the apartheid era has erupted between President Sam Nujoma of Namibia and the outspoken editor of a local newspaper.
Aids has been ravaging Africa for 20 years now, with 2,4-million people dying of the disease last year and close to 30-million people infected by its precursor HIV, but some communities maintain it does not affect them.
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/ 27 November 1987
The Namibian also reported that 202 Battalion had recently had a serious crisis when 48 soldiers refused orders and opted to resign.