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39 Articles found on Thursday, 26 April 2007
Kenyans plant trees to coax back flamingos
26-04-2007
NAKURU - Five years ago, dead flamingos littered the drying shores of Lake Nakuru in Kenya's scenic Rift Valley.Sickly birds struggled to stand upright while stray dogs scavenged on the depleted
readNamibia ratifies Ozone Protocol
26-04-2007
THE National Assembly has ratified two amendments to the existing international Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.Trade and Industry Minister Immanuel Ngatjizeko told
readMerkel vows to press G8 on Africa aid pledges
26-04-2007
BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel, holder of the G8 presidency, said on Tuesday she would press rich nations to fulfil aid pledges to Africa made two years ago but some critics said Germany itself was
readNghimtina sends warning to mining firms
26-04-2007
MINES and Energy Minister, Erkki Nghimtina, has warned against mining companies that are misusing Namibia's mineral potential by speculating on stock exchanges abroad.Nghimtina highlighted this during
readUSAID funded project ends its run
26-04-2007
A programme set up to focus on building capacity for local small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs), the Namibia Regional Trade Programme, has come to an end and is being replaced by a new and similar
readNam Karakul Board celebrates 100 years
26-04-2007
THE Karakul Board of Namibia last week hosted a centenary celebration in Copenhagen which was attended by buyers, fashion editors, designers, clients and friends of Swakara after the successful
readCell One rolls out network to the north
26-04-2007
NAMIBIA'S second cellular operator delivers has announced that it has embarked on its national roll-out after its recent launch which saw its services only available in Windhoek.Lars-Christian Iuel,
readLawyers' 'trick' wins time for Kobi
26-04-2007
A SNEAK move on the part of the heavyweight legal team of fugitive fraud suspect Kobi Alexander forced a postponement in the start of Alexander's extradition hearing yesterday.Alexander is wanted in
readSparks fly over NamPower, City of Windhoek in NA
26-04-2007
NATIONAL electricity provider NamPower and the City of Windhoek came under the hammer in the National Assembly this week.Mines and Energy Minister Erkki Nghimtina accused NamPower of "robbing" people,
readGovernment approves quotas for three fish species
26-04-2007
CABINET has approved total allowable catches (TAC) for three fish species of hake, monkfish and orange roughy for the new fishing season which starts on May 1 and ends on April 30 2008.The total catch
readWoman in hot water over brutal slashing of girl (7)
26-04-2007
A 40-year-old woman in northern Namibia has been arrested for cutting a seven-year-old orphan between her vagina and anus, pouring hot water all over her and beating her.Selma Shiyuka, who is supposed
readRoad safety week focuses on drunk driving
26-04-2007
NAMIBIA has joined the international community in celebrating the United Nations' Global Safety Week this week.A host of activities have already started and are expected to continue until Sunday
readDr, Mose Tjitendero, a tribute
26-04-2007
"Wherefore, O ye illumined youth, strive by night and by day to unravel the mysteries of the mind and spirit, and to grasp the secrets of the Day of God.Inform yourselves of the evidences that the
readRoad giant stumbles
26-04-2007
AN articulated truck belonging Namtrans Afrovan crashed about 10 km outside Windhoek on the airport road around 19h30 on Monday night.The driver and three crewmembers were on their way to Pretoria
readTwo killed in car accident on B1
26-04-2007
TWO men died on the spot on Tuesday, when their vehicle overturned.Eleven people were in the vehicle at the time of the accident. The accident happened on the B1 road between Keetmanshoop and
readPG is working through case backlog
26-04-2007
PROSECUTOR General Martha Imalwa and two assistants are working through outstanding Police dockets at the Oshakati Magistrate's Court.Imalwa told The Namibian that there is a backlog of thousands of
readFisheries sector weathering the storm: Minister
26-04-2007
NAMIBIA'S fishing industry is riding the current of recovery after three years of adverse conditions, Fisheries Minister Dr Abraham Iyambo told the National Assembly on Monday.He said fish sizes had
readGoat levy put on ice
26-04-2007
THE implementation of a 15 per cent export levy on goats has been postponed for 12 months.Cabinet announced in Windhoek yesterday that it had approved the postponement at its latest Cabinet meeting.
readDate set for second Telecom scrap copper corruption trial
26-04-2007
THE repeatedly deferred trial of two Windhoek businessmen and a former senior Telecom Namibia manager who are accused of involvement in a scam to defraud Telecom through a scrap copper sale deal is
readEpangelo olyi itula mo mokulandela Aanamibia evi: Katali ta ti
26-04-2007
E PANGELO olya landa oofaalama dhi li 54 pashimaliwa shomulekeneno gwa zi ko - shoka shi iwetikile okuyelekanitha noofaalama dhi li 19 nsdhoka dha li dha landwa momulekeneno gwomumvo 2005 -
readGerhard Kalimba a hulithila kOuniversity yaRussia
26-04-2007
O MUGUNDJUKA gwomOshakati gwoomvula 29 lwaampoka Gerhard Younger Osiike Ndeshipanda Kalimba okwa sile ko University yEpangelo ya Nizhny ko Russia eso lyombaadhilila noli limbilika meti 12 Apilili
readOmunamimvo 16 mokakuma kedhipaga
26-04-2007
O MUMATI gwomimvo 16 okwa dhitikwa mehuliloshiwike lya zi ko konima sho okastamba yopOkabar kedhina Y2K ya tsuwa okusa montulo ongulohi yEtitano pOshaanda.Okamatyona hoka okaningilwa nale oshipotha
readOoshela mu Mogadishu
26-04-2007
M OGADISHU - Omalugodhi pokati kaakwiita yEpangelo nOorebele dheitaalo lyOshIslama mu Somalia onkee taga pula komeho.Epangelo lya Somalia olya popi kutya otali tsikile okukondjitha Oorebele dhika sigo
readNamibia Wildlife Resorts ota ka gwedhela aaniilonga ye
26-04-2007
O KUZA momasiku 1 Juli, oondjambi dhaaniilonga yopevi mOkampani ya Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) otadhi ka gwedhelwa noopelesenda hetatu.Shika osha tseyithwa kOmukuluntuwiliki gwa NWR Tobie Aupindi
readMVA na Medipark ya panga uukuume
26-04-2007
O SHIKETHA shi na sha nokuyambidhidha mboka ya monena iiponga miiponga yiihauto moondjila moka hashi ithwana mOshiingilisa Motor Vehicle Accident Fund (MVA Fund, mEtitano lya zi ko osha shaina
readLocal Sport Shorts Athletes called for Grand Prix
26-04-2007
WINDHOEK - Athletics Namibia (AN) has called up 15 athletes to form part of the team that will represent the country at the forthcoming Grand Prix slated for Gaborone, Botswana on 05 May.The athletes
readRhythmic Gymnasts off to World Cup Series
26-04-2007
TWO Namibian Junior Olympic Rhythmic Gymnasts this week departed to compete at the prestigious Federation International Gymnastics (FIG) World Cup Series Junior Rhythmic Gymnastics Competition in
readRooney points United to Athens
26-04-2007
MANCHESTER - Striker Wayne Rooney has charted a course for Manchester United to reach the Champions League final after steering them to a dramatic 3-2 win over AC Milan.Left with a patched-up defence
readCricket Briefs
26-04-2007
KINGSTON - New Zealand's Stephen Fleming announced his resignation as captain of his country's one-day team after the 81-run defeat by Sri Lanka in the World Cup semi-finals on Tuesday.But Fleming
readAussies yet to 'reach peak'
26-04-2007
GROS ISLET - Australia coach John Buchanan, who is quitting at the end of the World Cup, believes that Ricky Ponting's side has yet to fulfill its true potential.The double defending world champions,
readMahela gives credit to bowlers
26-04-2007
KINGSTON - Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene scored a match-winning century but handed the credit to his bowling attack after Tuesday's 81-run victory over New Zealand in their World Cup
readTime out for war
26-04-2007
COLOMBO - Tamil Tiger rebels and Sri Lankan soldiers held a truce as their national side marched to the cricket World Cup final, but sentries were forced to miss the match to keep a keen lookout,
readFifa inspector 'in hot water'
26-04-2007
SPORTS Minister John Mutorwa said comments made recently by a Fifa inspector regarding the condition of Namibia's two major football stadiums, has landed the inspector in trouble with the world
readMugabe not fussed over degrees
26-04-2007
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe 'does not lose sleep' over threats by some Western universities to strip him of honorary degrees for rights abuses allegedly committed by this government,
readGorbachev bids farewell to rival Boris Yeltsin
26-04-2007
MOSCOW - Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev paid his final respects to Boris Yeltsin, the rival who forced him out of office, yesterday as Russia buried its first democratically elected
readEritrea blamed for 'bloodbath'
26-04-2007
ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia yesterday accused arch-foe Eritrea of supporting rebels who attacked a Chinese-run oil field in a remote area of Ethiopia in which 65 Ethiopians and nine Chinese workers
readDiana inquest loses judge
26-04-2007
LONDON - The retired judge overseeing the long-delayed inquest into the deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales and her friend Dodi Fayed said on Tuesday she was stepping down.But Elizabeth Butler-Sloss
read'Business as usual' in Nigeria
26-04-2007
LAGOS - Nigeria's Olusegun Obasanjo, convinced he can get away with anything as president of the world's sixth oil producer, handpicked the man chosen to succeed him in elections even he admitted were
readAfrica: Ban ivory trade
26-04-2007
PARIS - African states called on Tuesday for a 20-year ban on trade in ivory to protect the continent's elephants from poachers and possible extinction in the wild.Kenya and Mali, which spearheaded
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