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42 Articles found on Thursday, 13 October 2005
The hunt for the LRA's leaders
13-10-2005
THE International Criminal Court last week issued arrest warrants for five leaders of the Lord's Resistance Army, a cult-like and notoriously gruesome Ugandan rebel group.Here are some facts about the
readNGOs tiptoe through Africa's political minefields
13-10-2005
HARARE - The most cautious discuss politics in whispers, watching nervously over their shoulders.It is a reflex that has become second nature for many working with international non-governmental
readBears vent spleen
13-10-2005
BEIJING - A Chinese man who raised bears to tap them for their bile, prized as a traditional medicine in Asia, has been killed and eaten by his animals, Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday.Six black
readNumber of 'environmental refugees' fleeing disasters increasing, warns the UN
13-10-2005
GENEVA - Declining soil fertility, drought, deforestation and other gradual environmental deterioration will force up to 50 million people from their homes over the next five years, UN experts
readM'kata community forest doing well
13-10-2005
RUNDU - The only community forestry project in the Otjozondjupa Region, at M'kata settlement near Tsumkwe, is reportedly well on track.According to the quarterly news bulletin of Community Forestry,
readDowngrade of famed game park opposed
13-10-2005
NAIROBI - Outraged conservationists are vehemently protesting a Kenyan decision to downgrade a famed national park in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro that is home to one of Africa's most important
readDe Beers offers SA half of Diamdel
13-10-2005
JOHANNESBURG - The world's biggest diamond producer, De Beers, says it offered to give the South African Government half of its local sales unit Diamdel to help boost small, black-owned cutting
readUUNET Namibia extends network coverage
13-10-2005
INTERNET based communications provider, UUNET Namibia recently extended its coverage throughout the country by installing four new network points in the country.The four - known as points of presence
readWith technology, diamond mining could be forever
13-10-2005
IT started way back with trekkers picking up diamonds by scratching lightly on the surface.Diamonds originated deep in the interior of southern Africa, and over a period of some 40 million years,
readBank holds annual economic review
13-10-2005
NEDBANK Namibia recently held its annual economic review meeting in Windhoek.The Chief Economist at Nedbank South Africa, Dennis Dykes, was one of the two speakers at the event, who gave a
readEnough is enough, say students
13-10-2005
WAVING placards and chanting slogans protesting violence against women, Polytechnic students and school children from five Windhoek high schools drew maximum attention to their campaign by taking it
read54 years behind bars for Keetmans double killer
13-10-2005
SELF-CONFESSED double killer and rapist Lourensus Goliath was sentenced to an effective prison term of 54 years yesterday.Goliath left the High Court in Windhoek carrying the burden of a total of 76
readKapia defies Swapo Politburo directive
13-10-2005
SUSPENDED Swapo Youth League Secretary General Paulus Kapia has defied an order from one of the party's highest decision-making bodies by refusing to give up his seat in the National Assembly.Swapo
readIt's a crisis.
13-10-2005
PRIME Minister Nahas Angula yesterday proposed a law to specifically outlaw violence against women.Such a law should address both women's rights and the punishment for the violation of these
readVisas no longer needed for Angola
13-10-2005
THE governments of Angola and Namibia have scrapped visa requirements for short-term visits between the two countries.The agreement was signed by the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Interior Ministry
readUnion claims turnaround in talks
13-10-2005
NEGOTIATIONS between Spar Swakopmund's management and the Namibian Food and Allied Workers Union (Nafau) are continuing after talk of retrenchments surfaced.According to Nafau's Regional Organiser
readUnion claims turnaround in talks
13-10-2005
NEGOTIATIONS between Spar Swakopmund's management and the Namibian Food and Allied Workers Union (Nafau) are continuing after talk of retrenchments surfaced.According to Nafau's Regional Organiser
readFormer Mayor, Ondangwa Town Council in row over orphanage
13-10-2005
THE former Mayor of Ondangwa, Otto Kapia, is fighting the Ondangwa Town Council for blocking an orphanage he wants to build in the town by forcing him to sign an application agreement that is not
readKeetmans rent 'out of bounds'
13-10-2005
THE Karas Regional Governor, Dawid Boois, says the recent rent increases of more than 1 000 per cent for Keetmanshoop municipal housing were out of bounds.In an exclusive interview with The Namibian,
readOutjo baby kidnap suspect now due to appear today
13-10-2005
A WOMAN who kidnapped a newborn baby from the Outjo State Hospital a week ago has not yet appeared in court.Police said on Tuesday that she would appear on abduction charges yesterday. The Namibian
readViolence an obstacle to a healthy nation
13-10-2005
THE increase in maternal mortality, rising HIV-AIDS deaths and growing violence against women were singled out as challenges for Namibia in the wake of a dismal global picture for attaining a healthy
readUnisa to reschedule exams after theft
13-10-2005
THE University of South Africa (Unisa) says about 13 500 students worldwide will be affected by the theft of exam papers at the University of Namibia last weekend.Doreen Gough, Unisa's acting
readLawyer's objection delays Teek trial
13-10-2005
THE child-rape trial of suspended Supreme Court Judge of Appeal Pio Teek will not be starting as scheduled in the High Court on Monday.Arrangements for the start of Teek's trial on charges that he
readEU a gandja iimaliwa kOoproyeka dhokOnooli
13-10-2005
E HANGANO lyUukumwe wAaEuropa/European Union (EU) oli ikalekela oshimaliwa shOondola oomiliyuna ethele nomilongo heyali (N$170 million) shi ka longithwe mooproyeka dhuunamapya ndhoka dha pulandwa
readOmaidhipago ga vuka
13-10-2005
OMWAALU gwaantu mboka tayi idhipaga ogwa tsikile nokulonda moshilongo oshiwike sha zi ko.Otaku popiwa kutya polukanda lwa Oshitenda mOkuryangava mOvenduka, omunamimvo 31 Johannes Nanyala okwi
readOmandhindhiliko goondoongi
13-10-2005
E HANGANO li na sha noondoongi mu Namibia lyedhina Donkey Welfare of Namibia olya toto po omandhindhiliko ngoka taga ka tulwa oondoongi moshilongo opo dhi wape okumonika kaahingi yiihauto pethimbo
readOkampani yaSSC ya hogolola Ewilikongundu epe
13-10-2005
EPANGELO olya hogolola iilyo iipe yEwilikongundu lyOkampani ya Social Security Commission (SSC) ndyoka lya lombwelwa wo kutya nali vudhe mo aanambelewa mboka aaluya noya koraputa mOkampani
readOuhamba wUukwanyama tau lala mo 12 Novemba
13-10-2005
O TWA kundana kutya esiku 12 lyaNovemba 2005 ota li ka kala esiku lya simana mondjokonona yUukwanyama nosho wo mu Namibia alihe, sho taku ka langekwa pambelewa Omukwaniilwa gUukwanyama.Otaku tiwa
readOmufekelwa medhipago lyaanafaalama a tindilwa obooloha
13-10-2005
G UMWE gwomaafekelwa mboka taya tamanekelwa edhipago lyaantu yahetatu pOfaalama yimwe yi li pokati ka Rehoboth na Kalkrand kuyele nuumvo, okwa tindilwa eifutilemo mOmpangu ya Mengestrata mEtiyali
readICC donates US$500 000 to Pakistan quake relief
13-10-2005
SYDNEY - The International Cricket Council on Wednesday donated 500 000 US dollars to Pakistan earthquake relief efforts but turned down Pakistani paceman Shoaib Akhtar's plea for a one-off
readANNA not happy with awards
13-10-2005
THE All Namibia Netball Association (ANNA) is disappointed with the omission of Orlando Pirates netball club and Black Africa coach Annie Mosiane-Kalomoh as finalists of this year's Namibia Sport
readArsenal to up Thierry Henry's pay
13-10-2005
LONDON - Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood said the club were ready to make Thierry Henry the highest-paid player in their history.The Gunners captain, currently sidelined with a groin injury, has
readSecuritas clinch squash league
13-10-2005
SECURITAS are the 2005 Legal Shield Business Squash League champions.The champions will be crowned tonight at a prize-giving ceremony where the top players of the season will be awarded.Securitas
readArchery attracts big field for champs
13-10-2005
THE recent Africa Region field archery championships outside attracted 67 archers - the highest total ever.Twenty-nine of the competitors were from South Africa. The championships were hosted by the
readJario reinstated as basketball president
13-10-2005
REINSTATED Namibia Basketball Federation (NBF) president, Talitha Jario hit out at some of her colleagues yesterday, accusing them of cowardly behaviour after they ousted her as president for three
readFootball in turmoil
13-10-2005
NAMIBIAN football is on the verge of grinding to a halt, with the promotion playoffs in the balance as teams threaten to take legal action because of NFA decisions that they claim are unfair.The
readNew York Times reporter summoned to testify again
13-10-2005
WASHINGTON - New York Times reporter Judith Miller was summoned for a second appearance yesterday before a grand jury investigating the leak of a CIA operative's identity after she found notes from a
readZambian opposition forms alliance for 2006 elections
13-10-2005
LUSAKA - Three opposition parties in Zambia have formed a 'Rainbow' alliance to field their own candidate against President Levy Mwanawasa in presidential elections next year, an official said on
readIn Brief
13-10-2005
* CHAOS - Ivory Coast needs a collective rescue strategy to prevent it from sliding deeper into chaos, Crisis Group said in a new report one day before the UN Security Council was to vote on an
readZim to pay liberation war prisoners
13-10-2005
HARARE - Zimbabwe has agreed to pay former political prisoners detained during the country's independence war a one-off gratuity and regular living benefits, the official Herald newspaper
readLiberians await result of landmark poll
13-10-2005
MONROVIA - Euphoria turned to nervous anticipation in Liberia yesterday as election officials using battery-powered lanterns counted ballots through the night from the country's first postwar
readIraqi leaders clinch constitution deal
13-10-2005
BAGHDAD - Iraqi leaders clinched a last-minute deal they hope will ensure Sunni Arab backing for the new constitution in a vote just three days away, after a fresh bout of rebel attacks that cost
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