A church attack in Nigeria’s central region has killed two and injured several others, Nigerian police said on Monday. The incident occurred late Sunday when a group of unknown gunmen shot indiscriminately at worshippers attending a program at a Celestial Church of Christ in the Felele area of central state Kogi, said William Ovye-Aya, spokesman of the state’s police in
The UN Security Council on Monday strongly condemned an attack on UN peacekeepers in Mali, which killed three peacekeepers from Chad and injured three others. In a press statement, the members of the Security Council expressed their deepest condolences and sympathy to the families of the victims, as well as to Chad, and wished a speedy and full recovery to
The Capricorn Foundation has named Sara Ekondo of Awana Foods in Oshakati as the winner of the 2022 Capricorn Foundation Food Waste Challenge, an award that carries a N.dollars 100 000 cash prize. The Capricorn Foundation Food Waste Challenge was launched in July 2022, challenging the public to pitch innovative and sustainable solutions to reduce food waste in Namibia, thereby
The council members called on the transitional government of Mali to swiftly investigate Monday’s attack near Tessalit, with the support from the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, known as MINUSMA, promote accountability by bringing the perpetrators to justice, and keep the relevant troop-contributing country informed of the progress. Attacks targeting peacekeepers may constitute war crimes under international law, and terrorism
The Namibian government has implemented interventions and strategies to eradicate poverty through social protection, community development and poverty eradication programmes in order to create an inclusive society. This was said by President Hage Geingob in a press statement issued on the occasion of the International Day for the Abolition of Poverty yesterday. This year marks the 35th anniversary of the
The Otjikoto B2Gold Mine has reinstated its 160 employees suspended for their alleged involvement in an illegal work stoppage on 30 September 2022. The employees were suspended effective 01 October 2022 after refusing to work over eight hours per day without compensation, claiming that the company never possessed a valid continuous operations permit from the Ministry of Labour, Industrialisation and
The Otjikoto B2Gold Mine has reinstated its 160 employees suspended for their alleged involvement in an illegal work stoppage on 30 September 2022. The employees were suspended effective 01 October 2022 after refusing to work over eight hours per day without compensation, claiming that the company never possessed a valid continuous operations permit from the Ministry of Labour, Industrialisation and
Finance Minister, Ipumbu Shiimi will table the 2022/23 Mid-Term Budget Review in the National Assembly next week Tuesday. A media statement from the Ministry of Finance on Tuesday said the bill is aimed at reviewing the appropriated amounts of money to meet the State’s financial requirements during the fiscal year ending 31 March 2023. Source: The Namibian Press Agency
The Ministry of Health and Social Services said it is investigating the case in which four men were arrested at Rundu for allegedly attempting to sell ARV medication to undercover police officers. The Regional Director of Health in the Kavango East Region, Woita Kapumburu said this in an interview with Nampa on Tuesday. The police in Rundu arrested three men
Namibia suffered a five-wicket defeat to the Netherlands in the second game of the Twenty-20 (T20) World Cup 2022 on Tuesday in Geelong, Australia. Captain Gerhard Erasmus won the toss and chose to bat first as the Eagles posted an unconvincing total of 126 runs for the loss of six wickets (126/6) in their 20 overs in a low-scoring cricket
Bank Windhoek has launched its first-ever Art of Hope School Competition as part of its Cancer Apple Project, here Tuesday. The competition runs from 18-31 October this year and encourages Namibian learners from all over the country to enter their artworks for a chance to win a share of N.dollars 12 000 for the winning learner, their school, and their
The Sustainable Development Goals will be meaningless if people in the occupied Palestinian territories and the Syrian Golan are left behind, delegates warned the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) today as it took up the issue of those lands. Tarik Alami, Director of the Emerging and Conflict Related Issues Division of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA),
WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA — Authorities in Namibia say a Chinese man jailed for smuggling rhinoceros horns has escaped from prison. Chinese national Wang Hui is on the run after he escaped from the Windhoek Correctional Facility, where he had been serving a 15-year sentence for the illegal export of controlled wildlife products. Hui and three other Chinese men were arrested at
SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland, Oct. 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SIT Rolos announced today that it would bring research to a new level by opening its Machine Intelligence (MI) Platform to all scientific groups. Any researcher from academia or business can now configure, run and collaborate with others on their computational research project through Rolos Platform. Thanks […]
bioLytical Laboratories Inc. announced its immediate entry into the African, Asian, Middle Eastern, and South American markets with its COVID-19 antigen self-test on its new lateral flow platform, iStatis iStatis COVID-19 Antigen Home Test From the makers of INSTI®, bioLytical launches a new platform, iStatis, created to ensure every person in the world has access […]
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