Sam Nujoma, Namibia’s first president, dies aged 95
Charismatic father of the nation led the fight for independence from South Africa and ruled for 15 years as the country’s first president Sam Nujoma,...
Category : Namibia
Namibia goes to polls amid anger at high unemployment rate
Swapo party could lose its majority for the first time since independence in 1990, if youth voter turnout is high Namibians are going to the...
UK court sides with Icelandic firm over artist’s spoof corruption apology
Judge considering complaint by fishing firm Samherji rules artist Odee unlikely to be able to defend work as parody The property rights of Iceland’s largest...
Zimbabwe orders cull of 200 elephants amid food shortages from drought
Environment minister says country has more elephants than it needs while critics of hunt say they are a major tourist drawcard Zimbabwe will cull 200...
‘People think they’ll smell but they don’t’: building homes from mushroom waste and weeds
A sustainable project aims to repurpose encroacher bush to create building blocks to solve Namibia’s housing crisis “People think the house would smell because the...
Fangs and toilet seat-shaped head: giant salamander-like fossil found in Namibia
About 2.5 metres long, creature was an apex predator 280m years ago, before age of dinosaurs, say scientists A giant 280m-year-old salamander-like creature that was...
Namibia high court overturns law banning gay sex
Victory for LGBTQ+ campaigners who say ban contributes to discrimination and violence by police Namibia’s high court has overturned a law that criminalised gay sex...
Call for port extension to be halted as genocide remains are found on Namibia’s Shark Island
Researchers say more bodies of Herero and Nama people from early 20th century concentration camp could be in waters around port The Namibian authorities are...
Hage Geingob, Namibia’s president, dies aged 82 after cancer treatment
First prime minister after independence from South Africa went on to become third president in 2014 and won re-election in 2019 Namibia’s president, Hage Geingob,...
African penguins could be extinct by 2035, campaigners say
Population has declined dramatically due to overfishing and environmental changes in the Indian Ocean African penguins are on track for extinction by 2035 if measures...
