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Phillip Lühl’s mother, and grandmother to the twins knits in a family member’s home a few hours before the family is due to hear the ruling from the High Court of Namibia on whether the Lühl-Delgado family can be reunited, Johannesburg, South Africa. The twins, who were born through surrogacy in South Africa, have not been granted travel documents to enter Namibia, where their other father, Guillermo and older brother, Yona, anxiously await their arrival. Photograph: Chris de Beer-Procter
ADOPTION

Namibian court rejects couple’s appeal to bring their babies home

A same-sex couple’s struggle to have their children via surrogacy granted citizenship in Namibia, where marriage between men is not yet legal, is being stonewalled at every turn

  • Chris de Beer-Procter
9 min read
BARTOLOMEU DIAS

Centuries-old shipwreck found off Namibian coast

A hunt for diamonds along the coast of Namibia has led to the discovery of a shipwreck dating back about five centuries, with its booty of gold coins and bronze cannons still…

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
BOTSWANA

Botswana wants more bang for its bling

The world’s largest producer of diamonds wants more bang for its bling. A company launched on Tuesday will market and sell about a third of Botswana’s diamonds to manufacturers…

  • Celean Jacobson
4 min read
BUSHMAN BATTALION

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.…

  • Brigitte Weidlich
5 min read
NAMIBIA

Southern Africa’s electricity ‘is running dry’

Southern Africa urgently needs to invest in its energy sector to be able to provide its growing populations with electricity and the means for economic development, a senior…

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read