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44 Articles found on Wednesday, 18 July 2007
Ugandan refugees go online
18-07-2007
LACOR CAMP, Uganda - Refugees forced into crowded camps by northern Uganda's two-decade civil war need many things: food, doctors, toilets, bore holes for drinking water, schools - and computers? A
readSMS Responses: Tuesday
18-07-2007
Patients running out of patience *IT'S sad to learn that patients are kept waiting for more than six hours to get their medicine from the Onandjokwe Lutheran Hospital pharmacy. Please help the
readPlanting to revive Liberia cocoa
18-07-2007
DAKAR - As Liberia recovers from a ruinous civil war, tropical agriculture experts plan to revive cocoa farming there by educating growers and helping them plant thousands of high-yielding,
readZim farmers going home after hitting hard times
18-07-2007
HARARE - Scores of white commercial farmers who left Zimbabwe after their farms were seized as part of President Robert Mugabe's land reform policies are returning home as the promise of greener
readStandard Bank in Nigeria merger
18-07-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Africa's top banking group by assets, Standard Bank , has received approval to merge its Stanbic Nigeria unit with IBTC Chartered Bank Plc.Standard Bank said it had increased its offer
readChinese-funded car plant to open in Angola
18-07-2007
LUANDA - Angola plans to begin producing cars later this year through a venture funded by a Chinese firm and based on technology from Japan's Nissan Motor Co, a state-run newspaper reported last
readRice skips Agoa to focus on Iraq
18-07-2007
WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has cancelled a trip to Ghana to attend an annual conference in Accra this week as she has to remain in Washington to focus on the Iraq crisis, the
readFACT BOX WHAT IS AGOA?
18-07-2007
A two-day US-sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum (The Sixth Agoa Forum) opens in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, today.Here are some details on the AGOA legislation that underpins US
readAnnan to lead green revolution for African agriculture
18-07-2007
NAIROBI - Africa needs a "green revolution" to double agricultural output and end chronic food insecurity in the world's poorest continent, former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Monday.The
readLiquid Fuel 'a clean deal'
18-07-2007
THE Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday gave one of Namibia's most controversial BEE deals a clean bill of health.But while the ACC may have closed its investigation into the awarding of a lucrative
readBenin's president takes graft fight to streets
18-07-2007
COTONOU - Benin President Thomas Boni Yayi has taken his anti-corruption drive onto the streets of the West African nation, leading several thousand supporters on an eight-kilometre "green march"
readChairman of NNCCI killed after car accident
18-07-2007
THE Chairman of the Northern Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry Phillip Amwele has died at the age of 51 in the Onandjokwe Lutheran Hospital on Monday night Amwele, a well-known technician and
readCongo offers fuel to Namibia
18-07-2007
THE Congolese Government yesterday offered Namibia a joint venture to expand that country's existing oil refinery so that Namibia can import fuel in future to reduce its dependency on mainly South
readComputers for rural school
18-07-2007
IT was a day of great joy for the learners and teachers of a rural school in the Tsandi area of northern Namibia when they received twelve computers as a donation from NamWater, a state-owned company,
readKatutura Old Age Home in need of food
18-07-2007
WINDHOEK - The Katutura Old Age Home is in dire need of winter vegetables and food for its senior citizens.The Supervisor of the Home, Martha Poloana, appealed especially to the private sector to help
readRundu road not delayed
18-07-2007
THE Roads Authority (RA) has denied that the construction of the multi-million dollar Rundu-Elundu road has been delayed.RA Public Relations Officer Audrin Mathe in a press release yesterday said
readRundu residents arrest child rape suspect
18-07-2007
A 35-year old alleged rapist was apprehended and jailed with the help of community members at Rundu on Saturday afternoon.Police report that the suspect allegedly raped an 11-year old girl in the bush
readIt wasn't me, Bakondja Katjiuongua says
18-07-2007
"ALL I can say is it wasn't me.""No, it wasn't me." "What I can say is I didn't commit these deeds." With these remarks, serial escapee Bakondja Katjiuongua late last week flatly denied accusations
readPSC turns down Karas Council's staff transfers
18-07-2007
THE Public Service Commission delivered a slap in the face to Karas Regional Council, when it rejected a management decision to rotate two staff members.The rejection came after Council decided to
readGreenwell community protests re-opening of Maperes Bar
18-07-2007
PATRONS of the popular Maperes Bar in Katutura whose liquor licence was revoked last week are holding high their glasses of beer again at their favourite drinking hole.The Maperes Bar was re-opened on
readTsumeb doctor killer pleads guilty
18-07-2007
FORMER farmworker Josef Naseb, who is accused of murdering Tsumeb medical doctor Andries van Coller at his farm near the eastern boundary of the Etosha National Park in February 2005, pleaded guilty
readSwapo okwa hala natango Nujoma a dhane onkandangala mewiliko
18-07-2007
O NGUNDUMUTIMA yoSwapo nenge tutye Central Committee (CC) oya ningi ethaneko lyelundululo lyekotampango lyopaati, ndyoka tali ka pitika omuwiliki gwongundu, Sam Nujoma, a kale mewiliko kohi yedhina -
readJapan a dhengwa kekakamo lyevi enene
18-07-2007
K ASHIWAZAKI - Ekakamo lyevi lyoonkondo dhi li 6,8 pashiyelekitho olya dhenge omunkulufuto gwa Japan gwokuumbangalantu-ninginino mOmaandaha, nokufaalela oomwenyo dhaantu yatano.Ekakamo lyevi ndika
readAantu ye li yatatu oya pya noonkondo komulilo pethimbo ya kothela mokambashu kawo mOmbaye
18-07-2007
A AKWASHIGWANA yomolukanda lwa Kuisebmund pOmbaye yatatu mboka ya li ya ehamekelwa unene moshiponga shomulilo oshiwike sha zi ko, oya tuminwa koshipangelo oshinene sha Katutura mOvenduka.Opolisi oya
readNghaamwa a indila koshigwana shi yambidhidhe etala lyaategeleli pEngela
18-07-2007
PENGELA O OMEME ye li momategelelo mboka haye ya koshipangelo sha Ngela yee ya mone uunona, ohaya monene po iihuna molwashoka kapu na Etala lyokukala pethimbo ya tegelela iitheta yawo opo ya falwe
readYane ya yapulilwa Uusita mOngeleka ya Anglicana pOnamutai
18-07-2007
A ANAMIBIA yane mboka ya kala tayi ilongele Uusita, ano Uupristeri wOngeleka ya Anglicana kOosikola dhUuteologi koTee College nosho wo kOseminali yUuteologi yedhina Virginia Theological Seminary ko
readOmukuntusikola pOshaala ta penzelwa omwedhi nguka
18-07-2007
O MUKULUNTUSIKOLA pOshaala shEehama (ngashi ye mwene heshi ithana) moshikandjohogololo shUutapi moshitopolwa sha Musati tate Ismael Iiyambo yaNekwaya ota penzelwa momasiku 31 Juli nuumvo.Tate Nekwaya
readOndjila ya Rundu ya kalekwa
18-07-2007
R UNDU - ondjila onene ndjoka kwa pulandwa tayi ka pula oomiliyuna odhindji yedhina Rundu-Elundu, otayi ka tamekwa owala okutungwa mo 2009, ihe hanuumvo ngaashi kwa li kwa pulandwa
readConsistent show by swimmers at AAG Games
18-07-2007
NAMIBIAN swimmers put in consistent performances at the All Africa Games on Monday as none of them could reach a final, but Byron Briedenhann and Corinna Wahl set new personal best times.All the other
readLocal boxers in for a great fight night
18-07-2007
LOCAL professional boxers will take another shot at furthering their careers when they step into the ring with foreign boxers, as Telecom Namibia will host its fourth annual Box 'n Dine Bonanza in the
readPoor show for shooters at Games
18-07-2007
NAMIBIA'S shottists have also been struck by the flu virus and posted disappointing scores after two days of competition.Jan Nel and Sven Ahrens, who participated in the Clay Target Olympic Trap
readSpringbok focus shifts to Rugby World Cup
18-07-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Having completed their Tri-Nations campaign in Christchurch on Saturday, the Springboks will now turn their attention to France and the World Cup, starting in Paris in September.While
readNamibia beat Zim
18-07-2007
NAMIBIA'S women's hockey team held out to beat Zimbabwe 2-0 in its second encounter at the African Olympic qualifier in Nairobi, Kenya at the weekend, after going down 7-0 to South Africa on
readWarriors labour for Cosafa
18-07-2007
THE locally based Brave Warriors endured two tough days at training as they were made to sweat by both assistant coaches Ronnie Kanalelo and Brian Isaacks, ahead of the Cosafa Castle Cup matches in
readAthletes offered money
18-07-2007
NAMIBIA'S athletes have been promised financial rewards by the team's management if they win medals at the All Africa Games, while Namibia's Chef de Mission, John Walters has called on Namibia's
readSwiss to return Mobutu millions
18-07-2007
Swiss authorities say they are ready to return millions of dollars frozen in accounts held by Mobutu Sese Seko, the former Democtatic Republic of Congo leader.Swiss Confederation President Micheline
readJapan quake stirs nuclear fears
18-07-2007
KASHIWAZAKI - Officials at the world's biggest nuclear power plant admitted yesterday there had been more radiation leaks after an earthquake in Japan that killed nine people and forced thousands from
readHIV families receive money
18-07-2007
TRIPOLI - Libya has distributed funds to more than half the Libyan families of children with HIV under a deal that could free six foreign medics condemned to death for infecting them, a spokesman for
readIn Brief Bush promise
18-07-2007
WASHINGTON - President George W Bush has called for a Middle East peace conference later this year and pledged renewed support for the government of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.China hurt *
readApartheid-era officials charged
18-07-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa filed attempted murder charges on Monday against two apartheid-era officials for allegedly poisoning a prominent black minister.Charges were filed against Adriaan Vlok,
readRats on the menu
18-07-2007
BEIJING - Chinese officials have denied media reports that truckloads of live rats rounded up near a flooded lake in eastern China were ending up in local markets and on restaurant menus in the
readZim's Catholic archibishop Ncube sued for adultery
18-07-2007
HARARE - Zimbabwean Roman Catholic Archbishop Pius Ncube was named in an adultery case on Monday in what his lawyers called an 'orchestrated attempt' to embarrass the outspoken government
readNelson Mandela turns 89 today
18-07-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Nelson Mandela's July 18 birthday is annual cause for celebration in South Africa and draws attention from his many local and international admirers.This year, the partying also has a
readRussia plans 'appropriate measures' against London
18-07-2007
MOSCOW - Russia is planning 'appropriate' measures in response to Britain's announcement of the expulsion of four Russian diplomats from London, Russia's foreign ministry said in a statement
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