CHENGDU, Nov. 30 — Two-time winner China clinched an 8-1 opening victory over Hong Kong, China as the 2025 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Mixed Team World Cup kicked off in Chengdu on Sunday. Olympic champions Wang Chuqin and Sun...
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Namibia (namibiadailynews.info)
Date: November 30, 2025 Staff Reporter THE Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security (MHAISS) will begin offering full-day counter services at its Windhoek Head Office from 1 December 2025, allowing the public access to services throughout the day,...
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Published on: 2025-11-30
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Namibia (Informanté)
TEHRAN, Nov. 30 — Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei on Sunday slammed U.S. President Donald Trump’s statement that the airspace around Venezuela should be considered closed. The move is a blatant violation of international norms and fundamental rules of...
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Published on: 2025-11-30
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Namibia (namibiadailynews.info)
The humanitarian situation in Sudan remains dire as the country’s army – the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) – remains locked in a devastating conflict with the paramilitary, Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The generals leading the two sides, both accused of...
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Published on: 2025-11-30
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Namibia (namibian.com)
At least 193 people have been confirmed dead across Sri Lanka as authorities continue to battle rising floodwaters in parts of the capital after a powerful cyclone left a trail of destruction. More heavy rains brought on by Cyclone Ditwah...
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Published on: 2025-11-30
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Namibia (namibian.com)
ISTANBUL, Nov. 30 — Türkiye’s first unmanned fighter jet successfully shot down a jet-powered aerial target in a Black Sea test using a beyond-visual-range (BVR) air-to-air missile, its producer Baykar announced Sunday. Bayraktar Kizilelma, the unmanned fighter jet, carried out...
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Published on: 2025-11-30
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Namibia (namibiadailynews.info)
CARACAS, Nov. 30– The Venezuelan government on Saturday denounced the U.S. threat that “seeks to affect the sovereignty of its airspace,” calling it “another extravagant, illegal and unjustified aggression against the Venezuelan people.” In an official statement, Caracas rejected Washington’s...
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Published on: 2025-11-30
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Namibia (namibiadailynews.info)
PYONGYANG, Nov. 30– The top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) said on Friday that the Korean People’s Army (KPA) air force “will be given new strategic military assets and entrusted with a new important duty,” the...
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Published on: 2025-11-30
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Namibia (namibiadailynews.info)
The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) has arrested a fifth suspect in connection with the ongoing probe into the recruitment of South Africans for the Russia-Ukraine war. IOL previously reported that four people were arrested for the alleged recruitment...
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Published on: 2025-11-30
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Namibia (namibian.com)
Information and communication technology minister Emma Theofelus says digital creators are essential to promoting the country’s global image. She was speaking at the MTC Content Creator Awards in Windhoek on Saturday. Theofelus emphasised the ministry’s goal to champion Brand Namibia...
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Published on: 2025-11-30
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Namibia (namibian.com)
Many of the parents whose children were abducted 10 days ago from a boarding school in Nigeria are terrified. They do not want to talk to the authorities or journalists in case of reprisals from the kidnappers. “If they hear...
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Published on: 2025-11-30
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Namibia (namibian.com)
Guinea-Bissau’s former president, Umaro Embalo, has travelled to the Republic of Congo, the AFP and Associated Press news agencies are reporting, days after he was deposed in a military coup. Califa Cassama, Embalo’s chief of staff, confirmed to AP that...
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Published on: 2025-11-30
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Namibia (namibian.com)
Venezuela has angrily reacted to United States (US) president Donald Trump’s statement that the airspace around the country should be considered closed. The country’s foreign ministry called Trump’s comments “another extravagant, illegal and unjustified aggression against the Venezuelan people”. The...
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Published on: 2025-11-30
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Namibia (namibian.com)
Inter Miami coach Javier Mascherano hailed Lionel Messi as “extraordinary” after the Argentine superstar steered the club into their first MLS Cup final with a 5-1 thrashing of New York City FC on Saturday. A Tadeo Allende hat-trick and goals...
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Published on: 2025-11-30
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Namibia (namibian.com)
AC Milan moved top of Serie A on Saturday after surviving a late penalty controversy to beat Lazio 1-0 and take a one-point lead over Roma ahead of the capital club’s headline clash with Napoli. Rafael Leao forced home the...
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Published on: 2025-11-30
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Namibia (namibian.com)
Champions Barcelona moved provisionally top of La Liga on Saturday with a 3-1 win over Alaves, with midfielder Dani Olmo netting a brace. After Pablo Ibanez fired the visitors into a surprise lead in the first minute, Barca hit back...
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Published on: 2025-11-30
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Namibia (namibian.com)
Staff Reporter PRESIDENT Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has called on the newly elected regional and local councillors to serve with humility, integrity and a clear commitment to improving the lives of the people who have placed their trust in them. She expressed...
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Published on: 2025-11-30
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Namibia (Informanté)
Date: November 30, 2025 Staff Reporter VICE-PRESIDENT Lucia Witbooi has emphasised the importance of government and multi-sector collaboration in improving education outcomes, as she delivered the keynote address at the ground-breaking ceremony for the construction and renovation of Suiderlig Secondary...
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Published on: 2025-11-30
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Namibia (Informanté)
THE Livestock and Livestock Products Board of Namibia (LLPBN) has appointed Mr Goliath Tujendapi as Acting Chief Executive Officer, effective 1 December 2025, following the retirement of long-serving CEO Mr Paul Strydom. In its announcement, the Board said Mr Tujendapi...
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Published on: 2025-11-30
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Namibia (Informanté)
Staff Reporter GERMANY has committed N$4.2 million towards the next phase of renovations at Windhoek’s historic Alte Feste building, marking the official start of extensive repair and rehabilitation work set for the 2025/26 financial year. The funding, provided through the...
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Published on: 2025-11-29
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Namibia (Informanté)
Phil Foden spared Manchester City’s blushes with a last-gasp winner after the Premier League title challengers blew a two-goal lead in a dramatic 3-2 win over lowly Leeds on Saturday. Pep Guardiola’s side were in danger of losing more ground...
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Published on: 2025-11-29
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Namibia (namibian.com)
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu starred as South Africa ran in 11 unanswered tries to inflict a record 73-0 home defeat on Wales in the autumn season-ending international Test in Cardiff on Saturday. The loss surpassed Wales’s 68-14 defeat to England in the...
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Published on: 2025-11-29
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Namibia (namibian.com)
Oscar Piastri boosted his bid for a maiden drivers’ world championship on Saturday when he reduced McLaren team-mate Lando Norris’s lead to 22 points by winning the sprint race at the Qatar Grand Prix. Driving with assurance after a fine...
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Published on: 2025-11-29
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Namibia (namibian.com)
Luis Diaz scored in stoppage time to help Bayern Munich bounce back from Wednesday’s Champions League loss to Arsenal in a 3-1 comeback victory at home to St Pauli on Saturday. RB Leipzig’s scoreless draw at Borussia Moenchengladbach on Friday...
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Published on: 2025-11-29
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Namibia (namibian.com)
For the first time since 1988, the United States (US) government will no longer commemorate World AIDS Day, according to reports. The state department has directed its employees and grant recipients not to use government funds to mark the event...
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Published on: 2025-11-29
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Namibia (namibian.com)
Torrential rains have triggered floods and landslides across parts of southern Asia, killing about 600 people. Monsoon rain exacerbated by tropical storms caused some of the region’s worst flooding in years, with millions affected in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Sri...
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Published on: 2025-11-29
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Namibia (namibian.com)
The Ministry of Environment and Tourism, in partnership with Namdeb Diamond Corporation, inaugurated the newly constructed Wildlife Protection Services patrol camp at Hardap National Park on Friday. The patrol camp aims to strengthen wildlife crime prevention, improve response to incidents,...
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Published on: 2025-11-29
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Namibia (namibian.com)
The World Council of Churches will hold special prayers and participate in events commemorating World AIDS Day 2025, to be observed on 1 December under the theme ‘Overcoming Disruption: Transforming the AIDS Response.’ In the context of Advent, as well...
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Published on: 2025-11-29
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Namibia (namibian.com)
ISTANBUL, Nov. 29 — Turkish gendarmerie forces have detained 92 suspects over their alleged links to the network believed to be behind the 2016 failed coup attempt, in nationwide operations conducted over the past week, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said...
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Published on: 2025-11-29
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Namibia (namibiadailynews.info)
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 29– Malaysia will develop a new port in Johor state with an eye on strengthening its maritime logistics competitiveness and supply chain resilience, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Saturday. The port will also play a...
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Published on: 2025-11-29
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Namibia (namibiadailynews.info)
BERLIN, Nov. 29– Five years after Germany decided to phase out most single-use plastic shopping bags, retailers and the plastics industry point to clear progress, but environmental groups say loopholes and rising packaging waste indicate that tougher rules are needed....
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Published on: 2025-11-29
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Namibia (namibiadailynews.info)
ISLAMABAD, Nov. 29 — Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday reaffirmed his country’s unwavering support for the Palestinian people on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. In a message, the prime minister said the government and...
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Published on: 2025-11-29
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Namibia (namibiadailynews.info)
Staff Reporter THE SWAPO Party has regained full control of the municipal council of the City of Windhoek after opposition parties failed to unite, ending a five-year period marked by political infighting and repeated council paralysis. The outcome has been...
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Published on: 2025-11-29
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Namibia (Informanté)
JOHANNESBURG, Nov. 29 — Lesotho’s Khoarahlane Seutloali won the men’s title and Kenya’s Margaret Jepchumba claimed the women’s crown at the 30th Soweto Marathon in Johannesburg on Saturday. Seutloali, 33, pulled clear in the final five kilometers to finish in...
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Published on: 2025-11-29
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Namibia (namibiadailynews.info)
COLOMBO, Nov. 29– Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has declared a State of Public Emergency effective on Friday, as the country confronts one of its worst weather-related disasters in recent years. The declaration, issued through Extraordinary Gazette No. 2464/30...
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Published on: 2025-11-29
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Namibia (namibiadailynews.info)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 — U.S. President Donald Trump spoke by phone with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro last week, The New York Times (NYT) reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The two leaders discussed the possibility of an...
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Published on: 2025-11-29
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Namibia (namibiadailynews.info)
Staff Reporter SOUTH Africa has announced a stronger and more urgent response to the ongoing Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak, a development closely watched in Namibia as the crisis continues to affect livestock movement, biosecurity and regional trade. The...
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Published on: 2025-11-29
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Namibia (Informanté)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 — U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he will roll back the majority of executive orders “not directly signed” by former U.S. President Joe Biden, escalating his dispute over the use of autopens. Without providing evidence, Trump...
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Published on: 2025-11-29
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Namibia (namibiadailynews.info)
KABUL, Nov. 29 — Authorities have destroyed 100 tons of substandard petroleum products at the Islam Qala border customs facility in western Afghanistan’s Herat Province, the local media outlet Tolonews reported on Saturday. According to the report, the seized materials...
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Published on: 2025-11-29
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Namibia (namibiadailynews.info)
Staff Reporter THE Minister of Health, Dr Esperance Luvindao, has announced that a total of 198 measles cases have been confirmed in the country as of 20 November 2025. “As you recall, on 15 September 2025, I declared a measles...
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Published on: 2025-11-29
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Namibia (Informanté)
Date: November 29, 2025 Staff Reporter THE Electoral Commission of Namibia has this afternoon announced the election results for twelve more local authorities, bringing the total number to 35 out of the country’s 59 local authorities. The ruling SWAPO Party...
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Published on: 2025-11-29
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Namibia (Informanté)
Date: November 29, 2025 Staff Reporter PRESIDENT Dr Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has been nominated for the African Person of the Year 2025 award by the African Leadership Organisation, publishers of African Leadership Magazine, following strong public support from across the continent....
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Published on: 2025-11-29
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Namibia (Informanté)
UNAIDS has sounded the alarm over severe disruptions to HIV prevention and treatment services across Africa, driven by a global funding crisis that has left low- and middle-income countries struggling to maintain critical programmes. In its 2025 World AIDS Day...
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Published on: 2025-11-29
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Namibia (Informanté)
Staff Reporter THE !Aman Traditional Authority has submitted a petition to the Governor of the //Kharas Region, Dawid Gertze, objecting to the planned coronation of Daniel Timothy Frederick, as they do not recognise him as their leader. According to the...
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Published on: 2025-11-28
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Namibia (Informanté)
Staff Reporter A MEDICAL doctor, Fillemon ‘Fly’ Nakanduungile from the north, has been arrested in connection with the 17 October acid attack on State prosecutor Justine Shiweda, becoming the eighth suspect charged in the case. Nakanduungile appeared in the Ondangwa...
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Published on: 2025-11-28
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Namibia (Informanté)
Date: November 28, 2025 Staff Reporter FUEL prices in Namibia will increase by 21 cents per litre from 3 December 2025, the Ministry of Industries, Mines and Energy has announced, ending a five-month period of stable domestic fuel costs. Petrol...
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Published on: 2025-11-28
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Namibia (Informanté)
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 28– Russian scientists have developed and patented a computer program that uses waste heat from solar panels to desalinate seawater and groundwater, TASS news agency reported on Friday. According to Olga Kornyakova, a lecturer at South Ural...
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Published on: 2025-11-28
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Namibia (namibiadailynews.info)
NEW DELHI, Nov. 28– At least five flights bound for Sri Lanka were diverted to Thiruvananthapuram International Airport in India’s southern state of Kerala on Friday due to bad weather prevailing over Colombo, officials said. The flights included two SriLankan...
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Published on: 2025-11-28
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Namibia (namibiadailynews.info)
Staff Reporter THE Minister of Health, Dr Esperance Luvindao, has confirmed that there is a cholera outbreak in Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region, where three cases have been confirmed. “On 18 November 2025, the Otjozondjupa Region alerted the Ministry’s national surveillance apparatus...
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Published on: 2025-11-28
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Namibia (Informanté)
BERLIN, Nov. 28 — Around 6,000 people were temporarily evacuated from their homes in the German city of Cologne on Thursday evening as authorities worked to defuse two unexploded WWII bombs. The bombs were found during exploratory surveying work. A...
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Published on: 2025-11-28
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Namibia (namibiadailynews.info)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28– U.S. President Donald Trump suggested on Thursday that the United States could “very soon” take actions targeting drug trafficking networks in Venezuela by land. In Thanksgiving remarks to U.S. troops, Trump thanked the Air Force’s 7th Bomb...
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Published on: 2025-11-28
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Namibia (namibiadailynews.info)
KINSHASA, Nov. 28 — More than 20 people were killed when a boat capsized late Thursday on Lake Mai-Ndombe in western Democratic Republic of the Congo, local media reported Friday. The boat, a long wooden passenger vessel, was traveling to...
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Published on: 2025-11-28
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Namibia (namibiadailynews.info)
WINDHOEK, Nov. 28 — Namibia is currently grappling with five simultaneous disease outbreaks, Health and Social Services Minister Esperance Luvindao announced on Friday. According to Luvindao, the ministry is actively responding to outbreaks of poliovirus, chilera, measles, mpox, and Crimean-Congo...
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Published on: 2025-11-28
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Namibia (namibiadailynews.info)
UPDATE: Defence lawyers of those implicated in the Namcor fraud and corruption case have asked for the release of their clients after State Prosecutor Basson Lilungwe requested that the Windhoek Magistrate Court postpone the matter to March 2026 due to...
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Published on: 2025-11-28
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Namibia (Informanté)
Staff Reporter THE Minister of Justice and Labour Relations, Wise Immanuel, has said that he will not be pressured into signing the work-benefit increment agreement for striking magistrates at gunpoint, adding that the current demands made by the magistrates are...
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Published on: 2025-11-28
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Namibia (Informanté)
Date: November 28, 2025 Staff Reporter THE Municipal Council of Windhoek has approved a comprehensive action plan to fast-track pothole repairs ahead of the rainy season. According to the report, potholes in Windhoek result from a combination of factors, including...
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Published on: 2025-11-28
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Namibia (Informanté)
Staff Reporter THE Ministry of Agriculture is urging all farmers to maintain good tick-control management practices for their livestock, particularly following the recent detection of Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF). This is one of the measures highlighted by the ministry as...
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Published on: 2025-11-28
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Namibia (Informanté)
NAMIBIA is rapidly positioning itself at the forefront of digital innovation in Africa, embracing Artificial Intelligence (AI) across public, private, and educational sectors. From deploying AI in central banking and agriculture to pioneering AI-enabled education initiatives in schools and universities,...
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Published on: 2025-11-28
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Namibia (Informanté)
Selby Sibeya If there is one financial decision that quietly makes or breaks a retirement journey, it is what you do with your pension when you leave a job. Cashing out feels tempting, while preserving the money feels boring. I...
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Published on: 2025-11-25
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Namibia (observer24.com.na
