The Eagles produced one of the shocks of the tournament at the opening match of the 2022 Twenty-Twenty (T20) World Cup match when they stunned Sri Lanka by 55 runs in Geelong, Australia on Sunday. Freshly crowned Asian champions Sri Lanka, who are ranked eighth in the world T20 rankings, won the toss and elected to field first, with the
Five Namibian wheelchair racers on Saturday won four medals for the country at the Outeniqua Chair Challenge (OCC) held in George, South Africa. The wheelchair challenge, a unique event for disabled athletes in South Africa, saw athletes from as far as Namibia and Zimbabwe challenging for silverware in the mountainous town. The Namibia Paralympic Committee (NPC) sent five athletes to
French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday promised to follow up French energy giant Total’s oil and gas exploration in Lebanon to ensure its continuous work, a statement by Lebanon’s Presidency reported. ‘You can count on Total’s commitments; I will follow up on the matter,’ Macron said in a phone call with his Lebanese counterpart Michel Aoun. The leaders of Lebanon and
Kephas Kondjashili claimed his fifth consecutive Erongo Power Save Omaruru Street Mile title after beating a star-studded field in a time of four minutes, 32.4 seconds (04:32.04s) on Saturday. The Namibian Police Force runner came first ahead of Navachab half marathon winner Paulus Daniel of Namibia Correctional Service (NCS), who clocked 04:34.03s ahead of third-placed teammate Thomas Reinhold, who clocked
The Directorate of Veterinary Services inthe Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform has warned farmers and the general public about a Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak that was confirmed on 13 October 2022 in the Kabbe South Constituency of the Zambezi Region. Chief Veterinary Officer Albertina Musilika-Shilongo in a media statement on Sunday said a farmer notified the
The family of the murdered six-year-old Adrian Myne Oswyn are appealing for justice following the gruesome murder and mutilation of their son. Speaking to Nampa at their family home in Karibib’s Harambee informal settlement, family spokesperson Sydney Seibeb called on anyone with information related to Oswyn’s death to contact the police in order to bring the perpetrators to justice. ‘While
The Namibia Vulnerability Assessment and Analysis report of 2021 revealed that about 658 588 people were at risk of food insecurity between October 2021 and December 2021. The same report also highlighted that the Oshana Region had the lowest number of food insecure people which were estimated at 20 266 people. Minister of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform Calle Schlettwein
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