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38 Articles found on Wednesday, 15 March 2006
Green Madagascar is struggling to feed itself
15-03-2006
VANGAINDRANO - Velovano's baby is starving because her mother is.When one-year-old Meolaldine's skeleton started showing through her skin, Velovano took her to a clinic where a doctor said the baby
readCorruption, politics and drought cloud Kenya economy
15-03-2006
NAIROBI - A triple scourge of corruption, drought and political manoeuvring is expected to put the brakes on Kenya's three-year economic recovery in 2006, analysts say.Drought has pushed food prices
readTsegaye, Ethiopia's most famous poet
15-03-2006
ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia's most famous poet, Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin, who died in New York after a long illness, was laid to rest in Addis Ababa last week."Ethiopia today lost her greatest son," said
readNigerian census stokes political, ethnic tensions
15-03-2006
LAGOS - Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, is about to embark on a controversial census which some fear could reignite the ethnic, regional and religious tensions which threaten to tear it
readMany in poor countries cutting corners to bridge the digital gap
15-03-2006
LAGOS - Peddlers of pirated software now hold sway on the very streets where drug dealers and prostitutes plied their wares a decade ago in Nigeria's biggest city.Otigba Street. Ola Ayeni Street.
readEconomic blow from bird-flu pandemic
15-03-2006
WASHINGTON - A deadly bird-flu pandemic is likely to deal a sharp blow to the global economy with widespread disruptions in work places, trade and payment systems and could prompt a surge in demand
readSA co gets prospecting licence
15-03-2006
SOUTH African company Aflease Gold has announced that it was successful in its applications for a prospecting licence in Namibia.Aflease Gold Limited said in a press release that an exclusive
readIEA sees potential for high prices
15-03-2006
PARIS - The International Energy Agency warned yesterday that robust economic momentum, threats to supplies in key producers and rising crude demand could combine to sustain high global oil prices
readFastow duped bosses while robbing company
15-03-2006
HOUSTON - Former Enron Corp. Chief Financial Officer Andrew Fastow duped his bosses into thinking he was making heroic efforts for the company while he stole millions and planted the seeds of its
readLow economic growth worrying
15-03-2006
NAMIBIA has many advantages that could and should be further developed into business opportunities.Mobile Telecommunications (MTC) Managing Director Bengt Strenge, who was speaking at the launch of
readRed card for SSC's Green
15-03-2006
THE Social Security Commission's suspended General Manager: Finance and Administration, Avril Green, was yesterday found guilty on five of the six charges that he had faced at a disciplinary hearing
readPower supply pinch may result in water shortages
15-03-2006
WATER utility NamWater yesterday warned consumers that an impending power shortage could also affect the supply of water around the country.NamWater Chief Executive Officer Vaino Shivute told the
readChildren's Status Bill sparks wave of protests
15-03-2006
WOMEN have vowed to chain themselves to the gates of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare if Government does not heed their concerns on the Children's Status Bill.Staging a peaceful
readTwo remain on Govt payroll two years after leaving Ministry
15-03-2006
WINDHOEK - The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry is allegedly paying full salaries and benefits to people who resigned over two years ago.Sources within the Ministry told Nampa this week
readMariental floods unavoidable, maintains Minister Iyambo
15-03-2006
FOR the first time since the Mariental floods more than two weeks ago, Minister of Agriculture, Water and Forestry, Dr Nickey Iyambo, yesterday commented on events at the town and said the floods
readCop cars run again
15-03-2006
A FUEL crisis that has hampered the work of the Police for the last week has been temporarily brought under control thanks to an agreement between the Ministry of Safety and Security and local fuel
readBird flu - show us the money, urge SADC countries
15-03-2006
JOHANNESBURG - Southern African countries have expressed confidence about dealing with an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu but funding for country plans remains elusive.Representatives
readGardener arrested for rape
15-03-2006
A THREE-YEAR-OLD girl was raped at her home near the Hosea Kutako International Airport last Wednesday, the Police reported yesterday.The suspect, 25-year-old Usiel Katjiwane, was the gardener at
read'Lady in grape' tattoo clue to dead man's ID
15-03-2006
THE Police mortuary in Windhoek is appealing to the public to help identify the body of a man who died on February 2.He was hit by a vehicle near the Katutura Pick 'n Pay supermarket. The mortuary
readOn-site survey at Nujoma Stadium
15-03-2006
WINDHOEK Consulting Engineers (WCE) last week conducted an on-site survey at the Sam Nujoma Stadium in Katutura as part of its mandate to see if the construction of the stadium was responsible for
readBoy dies in cart collision
15-03-2006
A YOUNG boy died outside Windhoek this past weekend when a donkey cart he was riding in was hit by a car, the Police reported yesterday.Four-year-old Ronnie Kambashi and four other people were
readBrave girl gets support
15-03-2006
The Nampharm Foundation has donated N$20 000 to Thirene Basson, a 16-old-girl from Windhoek who has leukaemia.She was diagnosed in August last year and has already undergone some chemotherapy.
readCymot labour case still dragging on
15-03-2006
THE Metal and Allied Namibian Workers Union (Manwu) is still pressing for the reinstatement of 76 workers dismissed by Cymot last year.Manwu Secretary General Moses Shiikwa told The Namibian this
readIt takes a big bite: Apple challenge for businesses
15-03-2006
UNTIL now, the Bank Windhoek Cancer Apple Project has focused primarily on schools.But Jannie Barnard of Fruit & Veg City and Leon Nel of the Fresh Produce Market have come up with a challenge to
readHealth and wealth benefits for Namibia
15-03-2006
THEY'RE called Pacific, Atlantic and Olympia, and are among the most sought-after oysters in the world.Can Namibian oysters be far behind? Dr Alec Forbes would like to ensure that and he would not
readMeschtilde a tetagulwa nekatana komonamati
15-03-2006
O SHININGWANIMA oshikumithi noshitilithi osha ningwa momukunda Ehafo popepi nEheke mOndonga mOshitopolwa sha Shana sho omulumentu omugundjuka gwoomvula 28 a kembadhala a dhipage yina Meschtilde
readOndjala ya litha aayelele iikulya ya yonuka
15-03-2006
O NDJALA oya thiminika aayelele yomuhoko gwAasan mo Caprivi-uninginino ya lye olwishi lwa yonuka, nonande oya li ya lombwelwa kutya olwishi nduka kalu li nawa nokuliwa kaantu - ihe otalu vulu ashike
readNgoloneya Sibalatani a shuna mOmbelewa
15-03-2006
N GOLONEYA gwoshitopolwa sha Caprivi Bernard Sibalatani, ngoka a tulwa pevi Febuluali aguhe - okwa galukilwa miilonga ye na osha fa ita ka katukilwa onkatu yasha.Sibalatani okwa li a kuthwa miilonga
readGumwe a dhipagwa poRehoboth
15-03-2006
O polisi otayi konakona oshipotha shedhipago lyomukalimo gwopoRehoboth gwomimvo 28 ngoka a dhipagwa mOsoondaha ya zile ko.Aaendindjila yamwe mboka ya li taya zi kOhotela yedhina Suidco oyi itsu mu
readAantu ye li 9 ya sa koshimela pOmbaye
15-03-2006
A ANTU ye li omugoyi oya si mOshipangelo shEpangelo pOmbaye kepupyu nekanitho lyomeya ndyoka lya e twa koshimela shoka she ya kwatwa okuza petameko lyomwedhi nguka.Pethimbo olyo tuu ndika, aantu ye
readUgandan troops on high alert at DRC border
15-03-2006
KAMPALA - Uganda has stepped up monitoring of its border with Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after renewed clashes there between government forces and militiamen, a Ugandan military spokesman
readHurdles cleared for Milosevic funeral
15-03-2006
BELGRADE - A Belgrade court was expected yesterday to withdraw an arrest warrant for the widow of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic, clearing a major hurdle to a funeral in the Serbian
readNepal's highways deserted as Maoists launch blockade
15-03-2006
KATHMANDU - Nepal's Maoist rebels launched a week-long blockade of Kathmandu and other cities yesterday, leaving roads deserted and piling fresh pressure on King Gyanendra who seized power 13 months
readIran says resumes nuclear talks with Russia
15-03-2006
TEHRAN - Iran said yesterday it has resumed negotiations with Russia on a compromise proposal aimed at ending a standoff with the international community over its nuclear programme."The Iranian
readSudan stance slows UN plan for Darfur
15-03-2006
UNITED NATIONS - Sudanese government opposition is preventing a UN team from laying the groundwork for its planned peacekeeping mission in the troubled Darfur region, a senior UN official said on
readIraqi police find 15 strangled bodies in west Baghdad
15-03-2006
BAGHDAD - The bodies of 15 strangled men were found in west Baghdad yesterday as Iraqi leaders, under heavy pressure from Washington, began intensive talks to form a national unity government.The
readBrazil army withdraws from Rio slums
15-03-2006
RIO DE JANEIRO - The Brazilian army ended its 10-day occupation of Rio de Janeiro slums without recovering a batch of stolen weapons, but the military on Monday denied failure and carried out
readIn Brief
15-03-2006
* CHINA WARNS - China is "fully prepared for all eventualities" with Taiwan, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said as he warned of recent "extremely dangerous" moves by the island's president.* PLOTTER - A
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