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33 Articles found on Tuesday, 25 April 2006
Brain drain deprives Africa of vital talent
25-04-2006
KATIE NGUYEN NAIROBI - Hundreds of young Africans crammed into rickety fishing boats, destitute and half-dead from hunger and illness, wash up onto European shores.Many others are found dead on the
readBrain Drain: Some of the facts
25-04-2006
Here are some facts on the migration of African professionals: WHO IS LEAVING AND WHY * The International Organisation of Migration estimates that some 20 000 skilled professionals - doctors, nurses,
readThird-term plan for Nigerian leader risks backfiring
25-04-2006
LAGOS - A campaign to extend Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo's tenure has raised such fierce opposition that the man once lauded for reform now risks tainting his image and causing chaos,
readCashing In On Victim Mentality
25-04-2006
MAYBE if Mr Katjita and other similar-minded black people would spend less time trying to justify their racist actions and more time thinking about getting themselves out of their position at the
readCutting Lawyers Down To Size
25-04-2006
REGARDING the latest controversy over lawyers' fees, I have long wondered at the respect or even veneration in which the legal profession is held.Maybe it's due to its age, as the world's second
readStop Hassling These Celebrities
25-04-2006
I WAS shocked to read the report of the idiot hoax "bodyguards" who recently sprayed the interior of a nightclub in Swakopmund with pepper spray.What sort of mentality of person would even
readDefence Of Polytechnic
25-04-2006
YOUR leader on the Polytechnic (April 13) misses the point. The question is not whether the country can afford raising the status of the Polytechnic to that of a University, but whether it can
readAdvertising Ban 'A Good Thing'
25-04-2006
I HAVE read Gwen Lister's 'Political Perspective' column regarding the tender for Government advertising allocated to New Era with disgust. She is accusing the Government of playing favouritism and
read3-in-1 AIDS drug launched
25-04-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South African pharmaceutical firm Enaleni's generic drug maker Cipla Medpro unveiled yesterday a three-in-one combination of a first-line HIV-AIDS treatment regimen in the country. The
readFloods trim Malawi's maize
25-04-2006
BLANTYRE - Both floods and patchy dry spells will reduce Malawi's forecast 2006 maize output slightly by 50 000 tonnes, but a surplus will still be attained, the government said in a final crop
readAfricans urged to draw up plan against bird flu
25-04-2006
BLANTYRE - Africa needs the capacity and donor aid to react swiftly to deal with a potentially large-scale outbreak of bird flu, a conference of experts from 19 African countries heard yesterday.
readNew military bases planned for Defence Force
25-04-2006
LITTLE has changed over the last year at the dilapidated military bases around the country, Minister of Defence Charles Namoloh told the National Assembly last weekDespite a Parliamentary Standing
readEkandjo says there are no divisions in Swapo
25-04-2006
LANDS and Resettlement Minister Jerry Ekandjo told Swapo supporters at the party's 46th anniversary on Saturday that there is no division in Swapo and no lack of co-operation between President
readSheriff in North arrested for fraud
25-04-2006
ONDANGWA'S Deputy Sheriff, Jafet Shigwedha (30), has been arrested on a charge of fraud related to the illegal registration of up to 20 vehicles. Police arrested Shigwedha on Sunday night and the
readMinister hopeful on fish prospects
25-04-2006
MINISTER of Fisheries and Marine Resources Abraham Iyambo told the National Assembly yesterday that if restrictions he ordered in February to prevent exploitation of vulnerable fish stocks were
readFood aid to start reaching 111 000 children before end of the month
25-04-2006
THE delivery of food to 111 000 orphans and vulnerable children in six regions will start before the end of the month thanks to an agreement - worth US$15,7 million - Government and the World Food
readPio Teek goes on trial
25-04-2006
THE Police's investigation of child-molestation allegations against former Supreme Court Judge of Appeal Pio Teek was subjected to a battering from the defence as soon as Teek's trial got under way in
readMajor restoration operation at Luederitz
25-04-2006
LUDERITZ started picking up the pieces yesterday after the coastal town was hit with more rain in a weekend than it usually receives in five years. During last week, the harbour town recorded
readAshipembe loses another lawyer
25-04-2006
THE trial of a Namibian diplomat's grandson who faces charges of attempted rape, theft and housebreaking stalled for the umpteenth time in the Pretoria Regional Court yesterday. This time, the
readStalemate over conflicting engineers' flood reports
25-04-2006
THE Legal Assistance Centre (LAC) has once again asked the City of Windhoek to provide them with the reports of two engineers on what caused the flooding of 14 homes in Katutura's Dolam location in
readTwo women charged with murder get light sentences
25-04-2006
THE High Court started hearing nine murder cases and seven rape cases at Oshakati last week and has already sentenced two people for murder. Judge President Petrus Damaseb on Wednesday convicted
readAIDS remains biggest threat
25-04-2006
HIV-AIDS remains the country's biggest single public health threat. Minister of Health and Social Services Richard Kamwi said yesterday that Government was committed to fight the epidemic and had
readFootball Log Standings
25-04-2006
MTC Namibia Premier League...P W D L GF GA GD Pts Civics 17 12 4 1 45 16 29 40 Ramblers 17 12 2 3 42 20 22 38 Blue Waters 17 9 4 4 26 16 10 31 Black Africa 16 7 3 6 28 22 6 24 African Stars 17 5
readU-19 rugby side was ill prepared
25-04-2006
NAMIBIAN under-19 rugby team manager Gabriel Tjombe believes that the country's players need proper preparation ahead of international matches to produce the desired results. Tjombe told The
readWrestling coaches get expert help
25-04-2006
THE majority of Namibia's wrestling coaches have no formal training in the sport and mostly rely on their knowledge as former competitors, says Namibia Wrestling Federation President, Leon Conradie.
readWrestling coaches get expert help
25-04-2006
THE majority of Namibia's wrestling coaches have no formal training in the sport and mostly rely on their knowledge as former competitors, says Namibia Wrestling Federation President, Leon Conradie.
readIn Brief
25-04-2006
* ALGERIA AMBUSH - Ten people, nine of them members of a local security force, were killed in Algeria in an ambush by Islamic extremists, several independent newspapers reported.* ASYLUM - Zimbabwean
readNepal protests spread, diplomats told to leave
25-04-2006
KATHMANDU - The US embassy ordered the families of its diplomats to leave crisis-hit Nepal yesterday as opposition leaders planned a huge rally after nearly three weeks of violent protests against
readIran vows to ignore UN Council deadline
25-04-2006
TEHRAN - Iran vowed yesterday it would ignore this week's UN Security Council deadline to freeze its sensitive uranium enrichment work, the centre of fears the Islamic republic could acquire atomic
readBombs hit Baghdad as Saddam is back in court
25-04-2006
BAGHDAD - A wave of car bombs hit Baghdad yesterday, killing at least eight people and wounding nearly 80 as the trial of Saddam Hussein heard his signature was on documents linking him to the
readZambia accuses white farmers
25-04-2006
LUSAKA - An aide to President Levy Mwanawasa has accused a group of white commercial farmers of plotting to bring the opposition to power in upcoming elections in Zambia by creating artificial food
readGeorge C Minden, who led a Cold War of words
25-04-2006
GEORGE C MINDEN, who for 37 years ran a secret American programme that put 10 million Western books and magazines in the hands of intellectuals and professionals in Eastern Europe and the Soviet
readEllen Kuzwayo, activist, author and women's rights champion
25-04-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South African author, women's rights and anti-apartheid champion Ellen Kuzwayo has died. She was 91. Kuzwayo was the first black writer to win South Africa's premier CNA Literary
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