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35 Articles found on Monday, 16 January 2006
Somalia militias keep food from hungry
16-01-2006
WAJID - When Habiba Hassan's food ran out, she fed her four children on boiled bones and aran, a bitter leaf that grows in Somalia.She blamed her husband for the family's plight, and not just because
readWomen, power and Africa
16-01-2006
PARIS - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will become Africa's first democratically elected female head of state when she is installed today after winning The election last year in the war-battered west African
readDe Beers' rough diamond prices unchanged
16-01-2006
THE Diamond Trading Company, the marketing arm of diamond miner De Beers, will keep its rough diamond prices unchanged next week, for the sixth consecutive time, at the first sight of 2006, DTC
readChad oil account frozen
16-01-2006
WASHINGTON - The World Bank on Thursday said Citibank had frozen a London-based escrow account that collected revenues from Chad's oil pipeline, including royalty payments from oil major Exxon Mobil
readMaize prices fall, market awaits data
16-01-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South African maize prices fell sharply on Friday, weighed down by persistent heavy rain ahead of the release this week of key estimates on how much land farmers have planted with the
readConsortium plans Botswana-Namibia coal rail link
16-01-2006
A GROUP of coal-mining companies and Germany's Siemens plan to build a railway linking Botswana and Namibia at a cost of about US$1 billion (N$6 billion), a Namibian firm in the consortium said last
readWalvis plots auction cancelled
16-01-2006
A DEAL that cancels the sale of 14 prime properties that were auctioned by the Walvis Bay Municipality in December 2003 on Friday settled a High Court case in which the sale had been under attack as
readKatutura houses flooded again
16-01-2006
HOUSES in Katutura were flooded on Friday night after about 46 millimetres of rain fell in a short period of time. Two houses in Hans Uirab Street and four in Eveline Street were flooded.Claudia
readNBC cuts TV programming
16-01-2006
AS of today, Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) television viewers will have to switch the channel come midnight, as the broadcaster sheds the fat off its scheduled programming.The NBC announced
readAirNam borrows N$86m
16-01-2006
AIR Namibia has secured loans of N$86 million from two commercial banks to carry its operations through to the end of this financial year. Government has agreed to act as guarantor for the loan."It's
readNo decision yet on hostel food probe
16-01-2006
NO formal decision has been taken yet on who will investigate alleged malpractices and tender rigging in the catering contracts for Government hostels and hospitals.Education Minister Nangolo Mbumba
readTeething troubles for graft busters
16-01-2006
THE new Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is being inundated with calls from the public, but will need some time to set up office, its Director Paulus Noa said on Friday."We are just starting out now
readRepeaters are no failures, says Education PS
16-01-2006
THE Ministry of Education has appealed to the public not to call pupils who repeat grades 'failures' because they will accept that and refuse to make an extra effort for promotion.Education Permanent
readMan shoots himself in Edgars
16-01-2006
STAFF at Windhoek's Edgars branch were left visibly shaken on Friday afternoon after a customer shot and killed himself inside one of the department store's offices just before 16h00.According to the
readCoast records low holiday death toll
16-01-2006
A ROAD accident that claimed the lives of three men at the coast last weekend brought the number of deaths on coastal roads during the past holiday season to five.Only one person died on coastal
readHigher bus fares 'not unfair'
16-01-2006
THERE is nothing wrong with passengers offering higher bus fares to drivers, as long as such prices have been recorded by bus loading masters, says the president of the Namibia Bus and Taxi
readObjection sidetracks treason appeal bid
16-01-2006
THE 12 men charged in the second Caprivi high treason trial face a wait that could take a month before they will hear if eleven of them have managed to pass a first obstacle in the way of a bid to
readBody of murder suspect found in Goreangab Dam
16-01-2006
THE body of a man suspected of killing his girlfriend last Tuesday was found floating in the Goreangab Dam in Windhoek late on Thursday afternoon.Family and neighbours suspected the 32-year-old
readWorker shoots farm owner
16-01-2006
A 27-year old farmworker in the Otjinene area appeared in the Gobabis Magistrate's court on Thursday, charged with the murder of a farm owner.The employee, Matheus Kazondjou, allegedly shot the
readMinister's Husband Beats Customer With Shambok
16-01-2006
In the early hours of Christmas night two friends out partying in the Ombalantu area of the Omusati region arrived at the prestigious Tona Lodge to continue with their festivities.George Erastus (30)
readHigher bus fares 'not unfair'
16-01-2006
THERE is nothing wrong with passengers offering higher bus fares to drivers, as long as such prices have been recorded by bus loading masters, says the president of the Namibia Bus and Taxi
readGet on your bikes and ride
16-01-2006
A container with 350 donated bicycles from Britain was unloaded at the Bicycling Empowerment Network Namibia (BEN) last week.The organisation has distributed about 400 bicycles in Namibia so far and
readRepeaters are no failures, says Education PS
16-01-2006
THE Ministry of Education has appealed to the public not to call pupils who repeat grades as 'failures' because they will accept that and refuse to make an extra effort for promotion.Education
readYaali ya topelwa kokamboma kopeke
16-01-2006
A ANTU yaali oya ehamekwa moshitopolwa sha Kunene nokutaambelwa moshipangelo konima sho ya topelwa koshitopitha shoka ya toola nokutameka taya dhana nasho.Okwa lopotwa kutya Kaendi Ngombe gwomimvo 16
readEkondjelo lyoongamba olya fa tali eta ko ishewe omutse
16-01-2006
O NZO yi shi kwiinekelwa lela, oya yakela ko The Namibian omasiku ngaka kutya oshinima shongamba yUukwanyama nOndonga muuzilo wOwambo kwali, osha fa tashi eta ko ishewe omutse naapopi yOshikwanyama
readRukoro a pewa opoosa yUukuluntuwiliki wa FNB
16-01-2006
O MUNTU guukwatya gwopambisinisa a simana mu Namibia Vekuii Reinhard Rukoro okwa thigipo ehangano enene lyomakwashilipaleko Sanlam Namibia Limited nokuninga omukuluntuwiliki gwongundu ya First
readAalongwa 2 133 mOnooli kaye na Osikola
16-01-2006
O SIKOLA oya tameka mEtitatu lyoshiwike sha zi ko, ashike opu na onkundana ombwinayi ndjoka tayi ti kutya aanona ye vulithe pu 2133 mboka ya pita nawa omakonaakono gOgrade 10 moNooli, ano
readProblems mount for United after derby defeat
16-01-2006
MANCHESTER, - As if losing 3-1 to Manchester City was not bad enough in itself, Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson and striker Wayne Rooney could now both face a Football Association
readNo need to repair player relationships
16-01-2006
LONDON - Sven-Goran Eriksson's agent Athole Still was adamant the England manager would not have to try and mend broken relationships following revelations in a Sunday newspaper and revealed the
readSeven up for Black Africa
16-01-2006
Black Africa made an emphatic start to the MTC NFA Cup when they thumped Diamond City 7-2 at Mariental on Saturday.Captain Lolo Goraseb opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the ninth minute
readHajj tragedies: God's will or man's error?
16-01-2006
MECCA - Was it God's will or human error that killed 439 in two separate incidents during this year's annual pilgrimage to Mecca? That's the question which many pilgrims were pondering as they bid
readRomania struggles with adoption dilemmas
16-01-2006
BUCHAREST - Theodor's mother abandoned him in hospital soon after giving birth.Three years later, the dark-haired boy with a shy smile is living with a foster mother in a bare apartment in Bucharest,
read'Blood war' by South African gays slammed
16-01-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's blood supply service on Sunday slammed gays who gave blood this week without revealing their sexual status to protest the policy of turning away donations by
readPressure mounts on Saddam judge to reconsider quitting
16-01-2006
BAGHDAD - Pressure mounted Sunday on the Iraqi judge presiding over the trial of ousted dictator Saddam Hussein to stay in the job after he submitted his resignation in the face of criticism of his
readWife of Nigerian opposition figure hacked to death
16-01-2006
NIGERIA - The wife of a senior Nigerian opposition figure was hacked to death in the early hours of Saturday morning by suspected hired assassins, her sister said.The killing follows a growing wave
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