Nigeria called on the UN Security Council to authorise force in Côte d’Ivoire as West Africa seeks to further pressure strongman Laurent Gbagbo.
Namibian police have arrested a fugitive South African who fled to the US five years ago to avoid jail for the death of a striking worker.
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/ 15 December 2010
Day three of the 17th World Festival of Youth and Students got off to a slow start with delegates still arriving at the events centre by mid-morning.
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/ 30 November 2010
Namibia’s ruling party overwhelmingly won last weekend’s local and regional elections, claiming 92% of constituencies in regional voting.
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/ 15 November 2010
Faced with threats of summary dismissal, Namibia’s public servants postponed their planned demonstration against the alleged looting of their pensions
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/ 2 November 2010
On invitation from Namibian president Hifikepunye Pohamba, President Jacob Zuma will take a working trip to the country to discuss economic relations.
Civil servants put unprecedented pressure on the government as elections loom.
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/ 19 October 2010
The Himba people open their community where they have survived colonialism, wars and droughts with their ancient traditions intact.
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/ 21 September 2010
Namibia’s Himba say a planned dam that will flood the valleys and their burial grounds also threatens their ancient traditions and lifestyle.
The case brought by Namibian mothers who were forcibly sterilised sets an important precedent.
Leaders from 14 Southern African countries on Monday began a two-day meeting to discuss regional integration on the 30th anniversary of SADC.
Political entitlement has a sell-by date — a harsh truth discovered by a group of Swapo "struggle children".
Supporters of three HIV-positive women in Namibia who say they were sterilized without their consent have held protests to support the women.
Brewing giant SABMiller is to build a $34-million brewery in Namibia as it looks to increase its presence in the country.
The world’s unquenchable thirst for clean water drove a record increase in the desalination of seawater and reuse of sewage last year.
Hopes by nine Namibian opposition parties to force an annulment of last year’s November election were dashed on Thursday.
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/ 13 January 2010
Zimbabwe’s power utility has been ordered to stop electricity exports to Namibia until it can meet its own country’s needs, it has been reported.
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/ 31 December 2009
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.
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/ 16 December 2009
Opposition parties in Namibia on Wednesday launched a court challenge to the result of last month’s election.
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/ 11 December 2009
Teams representing Argentina and Namibia were confirmed as competitors in the 2010 Vodacom Cup competition.
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/ 11 December 2009
A 75% majority for Namibia’s ruling party in this year’s election has raised eyebrows.
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/ 4 December 2009
Chaos because of the administrative incompetence of the Electoral Commission of Namibia has delayed the final results of the elections.
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/ 1 December 2009
Namibia’s ruling party was heading on Tuesday for a big election win but results so far showed the two-thirds majority is under threat.
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/ 1 December 2009
Namibia’s general elections last week were ”free and fair”, observers from neighbouring countries said on Monday.
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/ 30 November 2009
First results from Namibia’s elections trickled in on Monday, but too few to show whether a new opposition would break up the ruling party’s majority.
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/ 27 November 2009
Namibians began voting on Friday in elections expected to return the ruling Swapo to power, despite a tough challenge from a new breakaway party.
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/ 27 November 2009
When Hifikepunye Pohamba first ran for Namibian president five years ago, Sam Nujoma was still seen as the power behind the throne.
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/ 20 November 2009
A new opposition party could score votes from disillusioned ‘born-frees’, writes John Grobler.
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/ 26 October 2009
South African industrial group Bidvest debuted on the Namibian Stock Exchange on Monday, raising N,6-million, the company said.
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/ 15 October 2009
At first glance it seemed a rather bizarre story. Namibia’s newspapers last week reported on an ”Open Day” at the Windhoek crematorium.
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/ 8 September 2009
SABMiller announced on Tuesday that it has been granted a licence by the Namibian government to brew and bottle beer in Namibia.
A fur firm has begun culling seals in Namibia after animal rights activists failed to pay the millions of dollars they pledged to buy out the company.