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Lüderitz mayor Phil Balhao has backed planned port expansion which he says will create job opportunities. This is despite traditional leaders opposing the idea to preserve unmarked graves from the 1904-1908 genocide at Shark Island, where the project is planned. “The announcement of this project has also provided investors confidence in their ambitions to invest […]
It was a brief exchange, held in the Oval Office a few weeks after Donald Trump became the 45th president of the United States. But the meeting between the now ex-president and his former lawyer Michael Cohen could prove pivotal in the criminal case against Mr Trump that is currently playing out in a high-profile […]
A retired 74-year-old Ghanaian man who has lived in the UK for nearly 50 years must wait a decade before the Home Office will let him stay permanently. Nelson Shardey, from Wallasey in Wirral, had for many years assumed he was officially seen as British. He only discovered otherwise in 2019 and, despite paying taxes […]
The day after the flood waters hit, Noor Mohammed found the bodies of his family in the street and in the fields. The 75-year-old had been just 100m away from his home in northern Afghanistan when he heard the deadly roar of water approaching. Noor ran towards the house where his wife, sister, son and […]
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is in a stable but serious condition after being shot several times on Wednesday, doctors have said. Deputy Prime Minister Robert Kalinak added that Mr Fico’s injuries were “complicated”. Earlier Mr Fico, 59, was said to have been fighting for his life after being gravely injured in the attack in […]
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law a bill that aims to provide universal health coverage. The president on Wednesday hailed the law as a major step towards a more just society two weeks before an election that is expected to be fiercely competitive. “The provision of healthcare in this country is fragmented, […]
A man working on a solar plant construction project at the Rössing Uranium mine near Swakopmund died on Wednesday after an incident at the construction site. Rössing Uranium Limited acting managing director Martin Tjipita said in a statement that operations at the solar plant construction site have been suspended until further notice as a result […]
Two uncles are alleged to have raped their 14-year-old niece at a village in the Omusati region’s Ruacana constituency last week. The regional commander of the police in Omusati, commissioner Ismael Basson, reported that the incident took place last week at a family house.The family is from Angola. Basson said it is alleged that the […]
The managing director of Gendev Fishing Resources, a fishing company partially owned by Swapo, says allegations that the company is on the brink of bankruptcy circulating on social media are horrible and unfounded. In a statement yesterday, the company’s managing director, George Pieters, said baseless claims of bankruptcy, unethical bonuses, kickbacks from supplier deals and […]
Popular Democratic Movement leader McHenry Venaani says the government should compensate families with graves at Shark Island, where a green hydrogen project is planned. He has called for a balance between the need for profit from green hydrogen projects and adequate compensation for the descendants of those killed during the 1904 genocide and buried in […]