Day: December 1, 2022

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HALO TAKES AN AGGRESSIVE STANCE AGAINST TRADEMARK INFRINGERS

American E-liquid Brand Fights to Protect Intellectual Property on a Global Scale Tampa, Florida, Dec. 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pure Labs takes action to protect the intellectual property of its flagship E-liquid brand, Halo, relentlessly prosecuting multiple trademark infringers. Pure Labs recently brought civil action and successfully defended its intellectual property rights against US-based vape […]

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TRADE X Opens New Automotive Trading Facilities in Kenya

The TRADE X global automotive trading platform creates a strategic hub in Kenya, which will serve automotive dealers within key East African countries TORONTO, Dec. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — TRADE X, a B2B cross-border automotive trading platform based in Ontario, Canada, today announced that it has opened a new Kenyan trading corridor, which includes both […]

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Angola participates in SADC defence, security extraordinary meeting

Luanda – The Ministerial Committee of the Organ on Politics, Defence, Security and Cooperation of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) held an extraordinary meeting Wednesday, in the Republic of Namibia, under the slogan “Promoting peace and security in the Southern African Development Community region, ANGOP has learnt. Angola was represented by the secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Esmeralda

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Adopting 5 Middle East Texts, General Assembly Calls for Credible Talks on Final Status Issues, Israel to Cease Actions Aimed at Altering Occupied Palestinian Territory

The General Assembly adopted five resolutions today, four by recorded vote, on the questions of Palestine and the Middle East, including a text that called on Israel to cease all actions contrary to international law that are aimed at altering the demographic composition, character and status of the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Through the terms of the resolution titled “Peaceful settlement

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Secretary-General Appoints Hopolang Phororo of Lesotho United Nations Resident Coordinator in Namibia

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Hopolang Phororo of Lesotho as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Namibia, with the host Government’s approval. She takes up her post on 1 December. Prior to her appointment as United Nations Resident Coordinator, Ms. Phororo served as Director in the Country Office for Zimbabwe and Namibia for more than seven years with the

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Nedbank staff members donate food to vulnerable communities

Nedbank Namibia employees have collected more than 1 600 jars filled with non-perishable food items, which will be donated to vulnerable communities. The food items were collected as part of the ‘Jar of Hope’ challenge, which began as an inter-departmental competition and quickly grew into a national initiative. Teams at the various branches countrywide competed to fill as many jars

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Geingob welcomes Zimbabwe’s Liberation City invite

President Hage Geingob has welcomed Zimbabwe’s invitation to house Namibia’s liberation struggle history at the envisioned Liberation City aimed at housing the museum of African Liberation in Warren Park, Harare. The Liberation City under construction on a 100-hectare piece of land is aimed at housing African countries’ documented liberation struggle history under one roof in an effort to preserve African

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SADC calls on United Nations to enhance support for DRC

Chairperson of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Ministerial Committee of the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has urged stakeholders to increase their assistance to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Nandi-Ndaitwah said this while delivering her speech at the extraordinary meeting of the Ministerial Committee of SADC on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation that was held

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Tjongarero impressed with Games Village

Minister of Sport, Youth and National Service, Agnes Tjongarero says the African Union Sports Council (AUSC) Region 5 Youth Games Village is one of the best she has seen since the inception of the games. She was speaking during a tour of the Village Games where she met the Namibian team while inspecting their living conditions. “I am happy with

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HIV/AIDS remains a risk factor for socioeconomic advancement: Geingob

Although Namibia has made significant progress in the fight against HIV/AIDS by meeting the UNAIDS ‘90-90-90’ targets, the virus continues to be a public health issue that robs Namibia of much-needed human capital and jeopardises socioeconomic progress. This was said by President Hage Geingob at the commemoration of the annual World AIDS Day under the theme ‘Equalise’, a UNAIDS call

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Police officer accused of theft of rhino horn out on bail

A member of the Namibian Police Force’s (NamPol) Protected Resources Unit (PRU) in the Otjozondjupa Region, who is accused of the alleged theft of a rhino horn placed under his care, secured bail on Thursday. Magistrate Peingondjabi Shipo granted the 45-year-old Sergeant Salatiel Simon bail of N.dollars 10 000, on condition that the accused does not leave the district of

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Change of fixture for U-17 football team

The Namibia Under-17 team’s match against Angola in the African Union Sports Council (AUSC) Region 5 Youth Games has been cancelled following the disqualification of Angola after several of their players failed the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test. The MRI wrist test of football players accurately determines the ages of football players below the age of 20 years by differentiating

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Young MPs stand for climate action

Young parliamentarians have called on the older generation for support and cooperation in combating climate change. Over 170 young parliamentarians made this call during the Eighth Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Global Conference of Youth Parliamentarians which was held from 15 to 16 June 2022 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt under the theme ‘Young Members of Parliament ((MPs) for Climate Action’. Tabling the

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Even in a well-governed country, AIDS remains a problem: Tuahepa

The devastating impact of AIDS in Namibia demonstrates how difficult it can be to control the disease, even in a country with good governance and economic opportunity. This was stated by Emma Tuahepa, the first Namibian woman to publicly disclose being HIV-positive. Tuahepa in an interview to mark World AIDS Day, on Thursday told Nampa that the government is doing

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US government committed to eliminate inequalities caused by COVID-19: Long

To control the HIV/AIDS pandemic indefinitely, the United States government is deeply committed to assisting in the elimination of inequalities that impede progress and result in service gaps, which have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. This was stated by Jessica Long, Charge d’Affaires of the US Embassy in Namibia, at the annual World AIDS Day commemoration held here under

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