Angelina, Brad and baby daughter depart

HOLLYWOOD glamour couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie left Namibia with their newborn daughter and their two older children after a two-month stay at Langstrand, an official said on Saturday.

Erongo Regional Governor Samuel Nuuyoma confirmed the family’s departure but would not say when they left or where they went. The couple thanked the Namibian Government and its people at a news conference held in Swakopmund on Wednesday for the peace they enjoyed during their visit.”We are very proud that our daughter was born here, and we leave with fond memories and definitely hungry to return,” Pitt (42) said.It was the couple’s first public appearance since Jolie (31) gave birth to Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt on May 28 at a private clinic at Swakopmund.The baby weighed seven pounds and was said to be in good health.Pitt and Jolie had retreated to Namibia in search of privacy in the weeks leading up to Shiloh’s birth.They were accompanied by Jolie’s children, 16-month-old Zahara, adopted from Ethiopia, and four-year-old Maddox, adopted from Cambodia.Both children had their surnames legally changed to Jolie-Pitt after Pitt announced his intention to adopt them as well.* Meanwhile, Jolie has recorded a television message for World Refugee Day and stations have rushed to air the 30-second footage, the United Nations refugee agency said on Thursday.Jolie, a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), recorded the appeal in April in Namibia, before her daughter with Brad Pitt, Shiloh, was born.”I’m Angelina Jolie.For the millions of displaced persons around the world, please help keep their hope alive and remember World Refugee Day,” the American actress, sporting a tank-top and light-brown headscarf, says in a brief message.The annual day, honouring some 20 million people who have fled conflict or persecution, is being observed at events in more than 100 countries under the theme of ‘Hope’ on June 20.The Geneva-based agency has been deluged with calls from stations seeking to air the spot, which shows refugees and aid convoys in several field operations, including Afghanistan.It can be viewed on the site www.unhcr.org, but is also available in beta film for stations, officials said.”We just started offering it yesterday (Wednesday), and a lot of TV networks have been asking for it,” UNHCR chief spokesman Ron Redmond said on Thursday.Shannon Boyd, who manages the agency’s goodwill ambassador programme, told Reuters: “One station in Spain started running it twice an hour.We are very pleased.”Since joining UNHCR in early 2001, Jolie has travelled to some 20 countries, drawing attention to refugees’ plight in hotspots from Cambodia to Kosovo and Sudan’s Darfur region.- Nampa-AP-ReutersThe couple thanked the Namibian Government and its people at a news conference held in Swakopmund on Wednesday for the peace they enjoyed during their visit.”We are very proud that our daughter was born here, and we leave with fond memories and definitely hungry to return,” Pitt (42) said.It was the couple’s first public appearance since Jolie (31) gave birth to Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt on May 28 at a private clinic at Swakopmund.The baby weighed seven pounds and was said to be in good health.Pitt and Jolie had retreated to Namibia in search of privacy in the weeks leading up to Shiloh’s birth.They were accompanied by Jolie’s children, 16-month-old Zahara, adopted from Ethiopia, and four-year-old Maddox, adopted from Cambodia.Both children had their surnames legally changed to Jolie-Pitt after Pitt announced his intention to adopt them as well.* Meanwhile, Jolie has recorded a television message for World Refugee Day and stations have rushed to air the 30-second footage, the United Nations refugee agency said on Thursday.Jolie, a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), recorded the appeal in April in Namibia, before her daughter with Brad Pitt, Shiloh, was born.”I’m Angelina Jolie.For the millions of displaced persons around the world, please help keep their hope alive and remember World Refugee Day,” the American actress, sporting a tank-top and light-brown headscarf, says in a brief message.The annual day, honouring some 20 million people who have fled conflict or persecution, is being observed at events in more than 100 countries under the theme of ‘Hope’ on June 20.The Geneva-based agency has been deluged with calls from stations seeking to air the spot, which shows refugees and aid convoys in several field operations, including Afghanistan.It can be viewed on the site www.unhcr.org, but is also available in beta film for stations, officials said.”We just started offering it yesterday (Wednesday), and a lot of TV networks have been asking for it,” UNHCR chief spokesman Ron Redmond said on Thursday.Shannon Boyd, who manages the agency’s goodwill ambassador programme, told Reuters: “One station in Spain started running it twice an hour.We are very pleased.”Since joining UNHCR in early 2001, Jolie has travelled to some 20 countries, drawing attention to refugees’ plight in hotspots from Cambodia to Kosovo and Sudan’s Darfur region.- Nampa-AP-Reuters