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36 Articles found on Wednesday, 5 April 2006
Desperate Kenyan women risk last-resort abortions
05-04-2006
NAIROBI - Turn right near the tall acacia tree at the crossroads and a narrow dirt road leads you to Mama Alice's tin-roofed health clinic.Mama Alice, a stout woman in her 50s, says bad things happen
readMazeingo urges cheap oil for Africa
05-04-2006
ALGIERS - African oil producers should consider creating a two-tier pricing system that would raise prices for Western customers and lower them for poor African consumers, a Namibian energy executive
readNamdeb gears for next phase; mum on talks
05-04-2006
ALTHOUGH Namdeb Diamond Corporation sold eight per cent fewer diamonds in 2005, its revenue from diamond sales stayed at around N$4 billion due to the increase in diamond prices.Carats sold declined
readJapan proposes regional free-trade pact
05-04-2006
TOKYO - Japan's trade minister yesterday proposed talks on a regional free-trade pact in East Asia to group 16 nations in an economic community.Toshihiro Nikai, the minister of economy, trade and
readRussian oil driller in Namibia
05-04-2006
NAMIBIA has signed a multi-million-dollar exploration deal with Russian drilling company Sintezneftegaz to look for oil and gas along the country's coastline, officials said Friday.The US$84 million
readFunding for miners
05-04-2006
THE European Union-SADC Investment Promotion Programme (ESIPP) is inviting local mining firms to apply for possible funding.Speaking during a public meeting, ESIPP representative Nick O'Neill told
readGovernment witness lied at Enron trial
05-04-2006
HOUSTON - A government witness buckled under pressure from prosecutors and gave a fraudulent confession that he broke the law while at Enron Corp., the first witness to testify for former CEOs Ken
readAIDS NGOs lobby President Pohamba
05-04-2006
THE AIDS Law Unit and the AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA) have called on President Hifikepunye Pohamba to lift a ban on their participation at next month's UN General Assembly
readKandara inquest recusal case set for end of April
05-04-2006
THE High Court case which should determine whether the inquest into the death of the late Lazarus Kandara will continue before the same Magistrate who started hearing testimony in the matter two
readAngelina and Brad slip into Namibia
05-04-2006
MEGA stars Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt arrived in Namibia at the crack of dawn yesterday. As far as The Namibian was able to establish last night, the couple have reportedly brought their two
readCommonwealth participants hit by controversy
05-04-2006
THE Namibian delegation returned home from the Commonwealth Games under a cloud of controversy after allegations of theft and begging for money were levelled against some members.Namibia competed at
readNanso claims corruption compromises Unam degrees
05-04-2006
THE Namibia National Students' Organisation (Nanso) says the increase in theft and fraud at higher-learning institutions is tarnishing the image of the country and compromising the qualifications of
readIilonga pushes for 'jobs for comrades'
05-04-2006
DEPUTY Minister of Labour and Social Welfare Petrus Iilonga once again pushed the "jobs for comrades" notion during the Budget debate in the National Assembly yesterday.He said there was no reason
readCity to start repaying loan for Goreangab plant
05-04-2006
THE City of Windhoek has decided to begin repaying N$15,2 million of a loan it took from the European Investment Bank for the part funding of the Goreangab Reclamation Plant, rather than transfer the
readGovernment urged to set sail on new economic course
05-04-2006
THE United Democratic Front (UDF) has said that Namibia has to be transformed into a multi-party representative democracy to create policies to achieve economic equity.UDF leader Chief Justus
readChurch applauds Pohamba's corruption stance
05-04-2006
THE leadership of the Dutch Reformed Church in Namibia has applauded President Hifikepunye Pohamba for his stance against corruption."While the President's stance is encouraging, it would be to no
readInspiration rewarded
05-04-2006
FOUR community projects from across the country have each received N$50 000 from Standard Bank's 'Inspiration Lives in Africa' campaign.The campaign, which was not a competition, aimed to recognise
readTwo stabbed dead at Mariental shebeen
05-04-2006
TWO people were stabbed to death in front of a Mariental shebeen this past weekend.At around 22h50 on Friday, 32-year-old Paul Jacobs was stabbed in the neck at the Corner Shop in Aimablaagte. He had
readCoastal management programme launched
05-04-2006
OVERLAPS and conflicts between many coastal environmental projects could be something of the past with the introduction of the Namibian Coast Conservation and Management Project (Nacoma).The project
readTaxi crash at coast claims two lives
05-04-2006
TWO people died in a car accident at the Kuisebmond Bridge outside Walvis Bay on Friday afternoon.A taxi was allegedly overtaking a truck when it crashed into a bakkie.There were five people in the
readEwiliko lyaNUNW lya topauka
05-04-2006
E TOPAUKO mewiliko lyehangano lyOmahangano gAaniilonga mu Namibia olya yi pondondo yopombanda sho Omupresidende gwEhangano ndika Risto Kapenda a holola puuyelele kutya ita tsukumwe na yakwawo
readLeitenandakolonela Kashopola a lundululilwa koCaprivi
05-04-2006
L EITENANDEKOLONELA Erastus Nomongula Kashopola ngoka a kala Okomanda yAakwiita mObataliona 263, ndjoka ya kala yi na Ombelewa yayo onene mOshakati, noha komanda nee aakwiita ayehe mIitopolwa ngashi
readOshinagoga sha Ndjandjaxwi sha tungilwa Ongeleka
05-04-2006
O MUNANGESHEFA ye wo Omunafaalama a tseyika nawa mOndjandjaxwi mUukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena tate Erickson Nghiinomenwa ya Nahweka ngoka wo e li Omukwanegongalo pOsinagoga pOndjandjaxwi
readKomanda moshikondo shiimbuluma i ikutha miilonga
05-04-2006
O SHIKONDO shOpolisi ya Namibia shoka hashi konakona iimbuluma iinene moshilongo osha kanitha Komanda gwasho Omutiyali muule womumvo netata lwaampoka.Omukonakonipolisi nokwa kala Inspekta Omukuluntu
readOsitola ya tate Mungonena Jackson pEenhana ya yakwa
05-04-2006
O POLISI pEenhana oya lopota kutya mbotsotso gwontumba, okupendukila Osoondaha ndjika ya zi ko oyi iteyele mositola yomusamane Jackson Mungonena pEenhana mOukwanyama moshitopolwa sha Hangwena nokuyaka
readAbner i iyekela momeya pontopa mOshakati
05-04-2006
O MULUMENTU gwoomvula 33 gwomomukunda Uukwamatsi mOngandjera mOshitopolwa sha Musati, Abner Nandago Kaluwapa ngoka a kala ha longele mo Benz mOshakati, ongula onene yEtitano lya zi ko okwa li i
readCoachless Warriors to go all out
05-04-2006
NAMIBIA'S coachless senior national team will play at least four international friendly matches before they take on Seychelles in a Cosafa Castle Cup match in July this year.The Namibian Sport
readPlayers move in NPL
05-04-2006
THE Namibia Premier League (NPL) in recent weeks recorded some movement of players to different clubs, as they seek better opportunities as there are fewer than ten matches left for some teams before
readInline Hockey prepares for world champs
05-04-2006
THE Senior Namibian Inline Hockey squad will be attending the IIHF Inline Hockey World Championships in Hungary from July 8 to 16.This will be the second time Namibia will compete at the
readIn Brief
05-04-2006
* IRAN NUKE - Iran's foreign minister vowed that Tehran would press on with its controversial nuclear programme despite a call by the UN Security Council to suspend its activities.* FRENCH STRIKES -
readCharles Taylor pleads not guilty to crimes against humanity
05-04-2006
FREETOWN - Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor, once one of Africa's most feared strongmen, pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of crimes against humanity over years of atrocities in Sierra
readMoussaoui faces death over Sept 11
05-04-2006
ALEXANDRIA - A US jury ruled on Monday that would-be al Qaeda suicide pilot Zacarias Moussaoui is eligible for execution, deciding his lies cost lives in the September 11 attacks."You will never get
readZuma tells court he is HIV-negative
05-04-2006
JOHANNESBURG - Former South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma, who is fighting to save his political career, told his rape trial yesterday that he does not have HIV, the virus that leads to
readS African detective kills eight in shooting spree
05-04-2006
KAGISO - A South African detective shot dead eight people including four fellow officers and a one-year-old baby before police killed him, a spokeswoman for the force said yesterday.The killing spree
readObasanjo hints at third term
05-04-2006
LAGOS - Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo dropped his clearest hint yet that he hopes to stay on if Parliament approves a contested proposition to change term limits, he said in an interview
readUranium rush seen as an environment threat
05-04-2006
HELSINKI - The rising price of uranium is tempting leading mining corporations to look for the metal in resource-rich Finland, but resistance from locals, worried about the environment, is
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