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An Egyptian statue more than 3 000 years old has arrived back home, after three decades since it was stolen and smuggled out of the country. The statue depicts the head of the ancient Egyptian King Ramses II, who was one of Egypt’s most powerful rulers. It is “part of a mass statue depicting King […]
Sally Joan Kauluma (formerly Sally Camp) arrived in Namibia in 1964 from the United States (US), her home country, with the aim of making a positive impact on people’s lives. She began her journey as a teacher at St Mary’s Odibo near the Angolan border. At Odibo, she taught several individuals who would later become […]
Zimbambwe’s president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, last week granted 4 000 prisoners amnesty as part of efforts to decongest the country’s crowded jails. Pardoned prisoners at Chikurubi Maximum Prison in Harare were freed on Friday after Mnangagwa released women, those with chronic ailments, juveniles and those with life sentences who have served at least 20 years. There […]
When Donald Trump sits at the defence table in the wood-panelled Manhattan courtroom over the next several weeks, he will be joined by a cast of characters who could have been drawn from the call sheet of a Hollywood blockbuster. Opening statements in the first criminal trial of a former US president are expected on […]
Rishi Sunak insists his policy to process asylum seekers in Rwanda will become law, even if it means MPs sitting late into the night to pass it. There has been a prolonged stand-off over the bill between the two Houses of Parliament over the past four months. The Lords have consistently blocked and amended the […]
US journalist Terry Anderson, who was held hostage for nearly seven years during Lebanon’s civil war, has died aged 76. Anderson was the chief Middle East correspondent for the Associated Press when he was captured by Islamist militants in 1985 during what became known as the Lebanon hostage crisis. He died at his home in […]
Zambezi regional police have launched an investigation into the death of one of the inmates who escaped from the Katima Mulilo Police Station holding cells last week. Katima Mulilo Police Station commander chief inspector Charles Mayumbelo yesterday said they were alerted by the public on Saturday about the body of a male found along a […]
New Era Publication Corporation chief executive Christof Maletsky says he is not in a position to discuss the suspension of the state-owned newspaper company’s finance manager, Jonisiu Kambwale, and procurement officer Amon Shangano. Kambwale and Shangano were suspended last week on allegations of using a vehicle without the company’s authorisation. “I can’t discuss our internal […]
Walvis Bay’s youth will benefit from the Bloomberg Philanthropies Youth Climate Action Fund, which was launched on 10 April. The fund will provide technical assistance and funding for 100 mayors to activate young people between 15 and 24 years old to design, produce, and govern urgent climate solutions in their cities. These cities are from […]
Kih’Nyiah McKay may be just 11 years old, but she is keenly aware of the climate crisis. She knows the loss of trees reduces oxygen and that dumped garbage kills the sea turtles that keep the ocean around her healthy. “Young people need to save the Earth,” she says with a solemnity that belies her […]