Popular Democratic Movement Leader McHenry Venaani, has called on African governments to allow the youth to take their rightful place at the forefront of the continent’s transformation, as the next generation of leaders.Venaani while addressing the Ann…

The United Kingdom (UK) government has removed Namibia from its list of ‘red list’ countries, considered dangerous to travel to due to high cases of COVID-19 and slow pace of vaccination.A media statement issued on Friday by Executive Director in the M…

FIFA (International Federation of Association Football) says Ranga Haikali remains the legitimate president of the Namibia Football Association (NFA).This follows a series of virtual meetings held on 21 September 2021 between FIFA-CAF (Confederation o…

Chairperson of the Kavango East Regional Council, Damian Maghambayi said they decided to review their 2017-2022 Strategic Plan in Otjiwarongo to avoid ‘potential disturbances’ in Rundu or the region.The regional councillors have converged in Otjiwarong…

Namibia National Students Organisation (Nanso) president Simon Taapopi has stepped down from his role and has been replaced by vice president Gregory Madi as per the Nanso constitution.This was announced on Thursday by Nanso’s national acting spokesper…

Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) Member of Parliament (MP) Isaak Vries has said if government accepts the genocide agreement with the German government, it will be disrespectful to the sacrifices of Herero and Nama ancestors and their descendants.Vrie…

The Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security has dismissed a tweet by Windhoek Mayor, Job Amupanda, of 04 October 2021, which alleged that the ministry has given permission to China to insert a portal on its website.The Affirmative Re…

The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) on Monday started training registration officials for the by-elections in the Ncamagoro Constituency of the Kavango West Region, following the death of constituency councillor Johannes Kahonzo Sikondo last mont…

Chairperson of the National Council Standing Committee on Public Accounts and Economy, Peter Kazongominja has expressed concern over the uncertainties on what municipalities, town and village councils should do to write-off pre-independence debt.Kazong…

Executive Director in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security, Ettienne Maritz, has warned members of the public not to respond to an SMS notification message telling people to collect their passport.In a media statement he issue…

NAIROBI — The U.S. government says it wants to partner with African countries to combat climate change.A U.S. climate envoy, who is in South Africa to prepare for a key conference next month, said the fight must be an international one.”These kinds of …

There is need to galvanize action to swiftly and permanently rid the world of atomic bombs, especially as the global community grapples with the coronavirus, delegates said today during the General Assembly’s high-level meeting to commemorate and promo…

The elitist approach deployed by the German and Namibian governments’ 1904-1908 genocide deal has failed to restore the dignity of the affected communities, as it does not take into account their losses in terms of life, livelihood, land dispossession …

WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA — Namibian activists and opposition members stormed parliament this week over a deal with Germany to atone for a colonial genocide more than a century ago.Opposition lawmakers also called for a renegotiation of the deal, in which Germ…

Namibia’s parliamentary debate on the agreement on the reappraisal of the German colonial period, which is ready to be signed, resumed Wednesday afternoon.Parliamentary Speaker David Nahongandja said that he hoped a vote could take place in the coming…