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32 Articles found on Monday, 7 February 2005
Tanzanian coalition to fight female genital mutilation
07-02-2005
DAR ES SALAAM - Seven NGOs in Tanzania have formed a coalition to fight female genital mutilation (FGM), a practice that is still widespread in the East African country."Various studies have shown
readWill debt relief reach those who need it?
07-02-2005
NAIROBI - Margaret Ashira, sitting in a tin-roofed shack in Africa's largest slum, owes her survival to private charity groups who donate treatment.She believes her own government could do more to
readGoogle profits surge sevenfold
07-02-2005
SAN FRANCISCO - Google's fourth-quarter profit surged to a sevenfold increase, accelerating the financial gains that have quickly turned the online search engine leader into a Wall Street
readLow interest rates boost economy
07-02-2005
LAST year proved to be rosy for Namibia's macro-economic landscape, said Floris Bergh, head of Investec Asset Management Namibia, at the group's quarterly investment report-back in Windhoek on
readOil: Namibia seeks help from Nigeria
07-02-2005
PORT HARCOURT - Namibian President Sam Nujoma has solicited Nigeria's assistance in the bid to raise Namibia's oil and gas production.Nujoma, who spoke last week in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, at a
readBarloworld joins membership with NCCI
07-02-2005
WINDHOEK - Barloworld Namibia joined the Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) as a national corporate member here on Thursday.Speaking at the 19th national corporate membership certificate
readTourist arrivals jump in Caribbean in 2004
07-02-2005
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Despite catastrophic hurricanes, tourist arrivals rose significantly in the Caribbean last year with many travellers saying they consider the region a haven from terrorism and
readMost analysts see S.Africa rates on hold this week
07-02-2005
JOHANNESBURG - Most analysts see South Africa's central bank holding fire when it meets on interest rates this week, but overall the outlook for monetary policy is sharply divided, a Reuters poll
readUnam bursar quits
07-02-2005
THE University of Namibia has announced that its bursar, Noel Mouton, has resigned.Mouton will leave the higher education institution at the end of this month and cited personal reasons, according
readThunderstorm damages property at Mariental
07-02-2005
A thunderstorm followed by heavy rain has caused severe damage to houses at Mariental.Last week most parts of the South received good showers after a prolonged dry spell. On Wednesday, Mariental
readDriver flees scene of late-night crash
07-02-2005
THE driver of a white Toyota Hilux lost control of the bakkie on Pasteur Street in Windhoek West at approximately 02h30 on Saturday, colliding with an electricity pole opposite Willan Street.The pole
readHot, hot, hot ...
07-02-2005
THE temperature rose all the way to 45 degrees Celsius at the Gobabeb research centre in the Namib Desert on Saturday - making it the hottest recorded day in the 40 years of the research station.It
readNamibia receives first part of Global Fund grant
07-02-2005
NAMIBIA has received the first instalment of N$7 million from the Global Fund to fight HIV-AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria as part of the grant agreed two years ago.The Global Fund announced two years
readArchbishop urges calm in church conflict
07-02-2005
LINDSAY DENTLINGER THE Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church in Namibia, Liborius Nashenda, has appealed for calm and a spirit of prayer in resolving the conflict at the St Mary's Help of Christian
readTreason trial witness accused of acting on Police orders
07-02-2005
THE third prosecution witness to testify in the Caprivi high treason trial faced accusations of having had his testimony manufactured by the Police as soon as defence lawyers started to test his
readOkakarara faces power crunch as debt soars
07-02-2005
OKAKARARA is once again facing the threat of losing its electricity supply for failing to pay its debts to the power utility, NamPower.Mayor Tjatjitirani Kandukira said on Friday that the council was
readAngola, Namibia draw sea border line
07-02-2005
NAMIBIA and Angola took a bold step last week in their effort to curb illegal activities along the border by unveiling the maritime boundary markers.The two countries started talking about the
readAlleged child killer confesses
07-02-2005
THE suspected rapist and murderer of six-year-old Rachel Hamatundu confessed to the crimes on Friday, the Police said yesterday.The man, who will appear in the Swakopmund Magistrate's Court this
read'Is this the blood that waters our freedom?'
07-02-2005
MORE than 1 000 children and adults on Friday marched to the Swakopmund Magistrate's Court in silent protest at the brutal rape and murder of a six-year-old girl four days earlier.Starting at the
readTeek needs to answer to JSC today
07-02-2005
TODAY is the deadline for Judge Pio Teek to stop the Judicial Service Commission from recommending that President Sam Nujoma suspend him.The Judicial Service Commission has given Teek until today to
readRamatex in world of trouble
07-02-2005
MAJOR international garment buyers are being urged to take action against the Ramatex Textile Factory in Windhoek, as pressure mounts on the Malaysian outfit to "clean up its act".In the last two
readOpolisi ya pata oombashu pu Helao Nafidi
07-02-2005
ONGWEDIVA - Opolisi mEtitatu lyoshiwike sha zi ko oya pata oombashu adhihe ndhoka kadhi na oombapila dhokulanditha omalovu mondoolopa ya Helao Nafidi moshitopolwa sha Hangwena.Komufala gwopevi
readFrance otashi vulika a ka kuthe mo aakwiita ye mu Ivory Coast
07-02-2005
DAKAR - Metitatu lyoshiwike sha zi ko Omupresidende gwa France Jacques Chirac okwa popi kutya France ota ka kutha mo aakwiita yawo mu Ivory Coast, ngele aaleli ya Afrika - mwa kwatelwa Epangelo lya
readAangwediva nAndangwa mEtine lya si ko oya thikile kiilonga kwa toka
07-02-2005
AANIILONGA oyendji mboka haya longele kOshakati nokIitopolwa yilwe muuninginino wa Shakati okuza kOngwediva noshowo kOndangwa, mEtine lya zi ko oya thikile kiilonga kwa toka, sha etwa keidhengomumwe
readMoongo a ninga mwene gwomukunda gwa Maalala B mOndonga
07-02-2005
OMUSAMANE a tseyika nawa, omunangeshefa, Omupresidende gwOpevi gwo DTA, Phillemon Moongo gwoomvula 61, mEtitatu lya zi ko, okwa langekwa kElelo lya Ndonga ongElenga, ano mwene gwomukunda gwa Maalala B
readSimon ota pangulwa nena mOmaandaha
07-02-2005
OSHIPOTHA shomudhengingonyo gwa Namibia dhingi muuyuni Harry Simon shoka sha kala sha tegelelwa ethimbo ele otashi ka tameka ishewe mOmpangu yOpashitopolwa pOmbaye nena.Okwa tegelelwa kutya Simon a
readWeather, violence hamper Kashmir elections
07-02-2005
SRINAGAR, INDIA - Freezing rain and the fear of rebel attacks Sunday kept many voters away from the polls in the latest phase of Kashmir's first municipal elections in a quarter century.While freezing
readMalawi ministers back president in party split
07-02-2005
BLANTYRE - Malawian ministers lined up behind President Bingu wa Mutharika on Sunday after the leader quit the ruling party over a corruption row, sparking a political crisis in the nation.Five
readRice dives into Middle East peacemaking
07-02-2005
ANKARA/JERUSALEM - Condoleezza Rice begins her first visit as secretary of state to the heart of the Middle East conflict on Sunday with Israelis and Palestinians already set on a new course of
readRescuers struggle to reach plane wreckage
07-02-2005
BAND-E GHAZI, AFGHANISTAN - NATO-led troops struggled on Sunday to reach the icy crash site of an Afghan passenger plane that slammed into a mountain peak three days ago with 104 people on board, an
readThai PM re-elected
07-02-2005
BANGKOK - Thai voters appeared Sunday to have handed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra an unprecedented second term with an even bigger mandate, in a victory propelled by strong support from the rural
readTogo 'coup' condemned
07-02-2005
LOME - Togo woke up to an uncertain future on Sunday after the death of veteran strongman Gnassingbe Eyadema, as African institutions slammed the army's decision to install his son at the helm of the
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