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37 Articles found on Wednesday, 22 February 2006
Ugandan judges and generals face off before polls
22-02-2006
KAMPALA - Black-clad soldiers brandishing assault rifles spring from minibuses and fan out around Uganda's High Court to re-arrest 14 suspects accused of treason with a top opposition leader.The
readTownships swept up in SA property boom
22-02-2006
SOWETO - After a search and waiting period of six years, Russell Rivombo is about to move into his luxury three-bedroom, double-garage home.His pride and joy is not in the northern wealthy suburbs
readNigeria security concerns push oil price up to US$60
22-02-2006
SINGAPORE - Oil prices rose sharply in Asian trade yesterday on concerns that separatist tensions in Nigeria, a major exporter, will force further a reduction in supplies, dealers said.At 1:19 am
readCongo war deals must be renegotiated
22-02-2006
KINSHASA - Dozens of government contracts struck during Congo's wars must be renegotiated, some companies closed and leading individuals brought to justice, according to a parliamentary
readAbsa bank ups nine-month earnings
22-02-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's biggest retail bank, Absa, said yesterday it increased diluted headline earnings per share for the nine months through December by 18,3 per cent due to sharply lower bad
readWoman dies after ambulance breakdown
22-02-2006
THE condition of Namibia's State ambulances has once again come under scrutiny after a woman died on Thursday, soon after being transported to the Katutura State Hospital that night.Roswithia Kauzuu
readTreason witness declared 'hostile'
22-02-2006
A SUDDEN but complete U-turn in the witness stand had the State's 30th witness in the main Caprivi high treason trial declared hostile to the prosecution this week.With State witnesses deviating in
readLying public officials must face music: MP
22-02-2006
THE opposition yesterday upped the pressure on Government to act against public and political officials found to have lied in recent court proceedings - most notably during the Social Security-Avid
readRotten rice for San
22-02-2006
THE distribution of food aid by the Caprivi Emergency Management Unit has once again come under scrutiny, this time for delivering mouldy rice to San communities at Chetto, in the far western
readSouth African budget 'a hard act to follow'
22-02-2006
THE South African budget for 2006-07, tabled by SA Finance Minister Trevor Manuel last week, will be a tough act for Namibia to follow, says a local economist.Manuel presented an expansionary budget
readPolice in ID line-up at Keetmans
22-02-2006
NINE members of the Police's Serious Crime and Special Branch units at Keetmanshoop are to take part in an identification parade today.The line-up will be held at the Keetmanshoop prison. The
read'Witchcraft' victim still hospitalised at Oshakati
22-02-2006
A YOUNG man whose feet were mysteriously burnt during a witchdoctor's graduation ceremony in the Omusati Region in November is still receiving treatment in the Oshakati State Hospital.Johannes
readFish industry denies union claims
22-02-2006
THE Confederation of Namibian Fishing Associations has taken issue with statements by union leader Risto Kapenda that were reported in the media during the strike by fisheries observers that ended
readNo more free meals for Dolam victims
22-02-2006
FLOOD victims who have been living in the Sam Nujoma Stadium in Katutura since the beginning of the year will have to buy and cook their own food as from today.Yesterday, an official from the City of
readOnly 16 000 use HIV drugs
22-02-2006
WINDHOEK - Only about 16 000 of the more than 200 000 people living with HIV in Namibia are receiving anti-retroviral therapy (ART).The Country Director of the United States' Centre for Disease
readBaby dies in bucket
22-02-2006
OSHAKATI - A 20-month-old baby drowned in a bucket of water in the Uukwambi traditional district on Thursday.Police at Oshakati say the incident took place at Okapumbu village near Oshikuku in the
readNafau elects its first executive for North
22-02-2006
OSHAKATI - A regional conference of the Namibia Food and Allied Workers Union (Nafau), which took place at Oshakati in the Oshana Region at the weekend, elected Martha Mwandingi as the union's first
readElderly woman dies in hit-and-run accident
22-02-2006
POLICE are investigating a case of culpable homicide at Okahao after a 69-year-old woman died at the scene of a hit-and-run accident on Wednesday.Loide Angula was hit by a car at Olukume village,
readBody of boy found in pond
22-02-2006
THE body of a three-year-old boy was discovered in a pond in the North on Tuesday.Police identified the boy as Antonio Mwaloloka and said the incident occurred at a village in the Ohangwena Region.No
readNegonga visits 3 new villages in Omusati
22-02-2006
OSHIKUKU - The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Regional and Local Government, Housing and Rural Development has called on the communities and village councils at Oshikuku, Okahao and Ruacana
readNam oti ilongekidhile omukithi gwuudhila
22-02-2006
N AMIBIA oti ilongekidhile okukondjitha omukithi guudhila ngoka gwa nyika oshiponga konima sho uumbanda wa holoka kutya otashi vulika omukithi nguka gu taandele mEnenevi lya Afrika.Opulanda ndjika
readOmulongisikola Omukulukulu mOngandjera e tu thiga po
22-02-2006
O MULONGI omukulukulu a simana gwomOkahao mOngandjera mOshitopolwa sha Musati tatekulu Petrus Amutenya, okwa manene oondjenda megumbo lye mOkahao oshiwike sha zi ko mepipi lyomimvo dhi vulithe
readEyelithopukululo koshigwana unene tuu mUukwanyama
22-02-2006
M OSHIFO shika oshiwike sha zi ko omwa li mwa gandjwa uuyelele kOmupopiliko gwElelo lyUukwanyama Elenga Michael Heita kutya Oshikandjo shUulenga sha Haingu mUukwanyama natango inashi mona mwene ta
readOmulongi omukulu pOnambula a hulitha
22-02-2006
O NKUNDANA yoluhodhi ye tu zilila momukunda Onangalo mUukwaluudhi otayi ti omulongisikola omukulu gwopOnambula nopOnangalo kuku Soini Namupolo gwaKamanya, okwa mana oondjenda dhe moshipangelo
readOndi na okupula, Naholo ta ti
22-02-2006
N GOKA a li nale Amushanga-Ndjayi gwopakathimbo gwehangano lyomahangano gaaniilonga mu Namibia/National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) Peter Naholo, okwa ti ye mehangano ndika okwa tidhwa mo sho a
readSantos battling for survival
22-02-2006
ONCE the pride of Tsumeb and former CAF Champions League contestants, Chief Santos have slowly slipped down the domestic football ladder, have won no major cup since 2001 and are now battling to
readNFA aims to construct training field
22-02-2006
THE Namibia Football Association (NFA) has submitted a plan to the International Federation of International Football Associations' Goal Project to construct a training field next to the Soccer House
readSorry, no medal
22-02-2006
PINEROLO - Britain's defending Olympic curling champion has apologised to her home nation for failing to get a medal at the Turin Games.Martin's quintet were knocked out of the competition on Monday
readZone C athletics meet in city
22-02-2006
THE Zone C high schools' athletics championships will be held at the Independence Stadium today.The event will feature ten high schools with more than 200 athletes expected to compete in various
readBasketball players called for trials
22-02-2006
THE Namibian Basketball Federation (NBF) is calling up players to report for trials today at the Independence Stadium at 16h00.The trials are compulsory, according to NBF officials, and the
readChelsea face energised Ronaldinho
22-02-2006
LONDON - English champions Chelsea, under fire for their threadbare Stamford Bridge pitch, will have to contend with a re-energised Ronaldinho when they host Barcelona in the Champions League
readPower struggle may derail UN reforms
22-02-2006
UNITED NATIONS - Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Monday he hoped a power struggle at the United Nations between the major powers and developing countries would not derail UN reforms.Many of the
readMugabe says party will choose his successor
22-02-2006
HARARE - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe said his ruling Zanu-PF party was capable of choosing his successor, the official Herald newspaper said in what appeared to be a bid to quash talk of a
readRio police find remains of 100 bodies at dumpsite
22-02-2006
RIO DE JANEIRO - The skeletal remains of at least 100 bodies were found on Monday at a garbage dump on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, police said.The corpses were between two and three years old
readUS pushes for deployment in Darfur
22-02-2006
UNITED NATIONS - The United States wants the UN Security Council to quickly approve a resolution to send UN troops to Sudan's strife-torn Darfur region, US ambassador John Bolton said
readSomali warlords join forces to 'fight Islamic extremism'
22-02-2006
MOGADISHU - A group of powerful warlords controlling the Somali capital have formed a new political party whose main goal is to oppose extremism associated with hardline Islamic courts in the lawless
readIn Brief
22-02-2006
* NUKE TALKS - Iran will no longer hold talks on its nuclear programme with the EU-3 of Britain, France and Germany but with individual European countries, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki
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