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The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI), known as the Hawks, has confirmed that it is investigating an alleged plot to kill Home Affairs Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi. Motsoaledi had claimed that a paid assassin who was contracted to kill him had confessed to the alleged plot against his life. The minister, who spoke to […]
An Iranian teenager was sexually assaulted and killed by three men working for Iran’s security forces, a leaked document understood to have been written by those forces says. It has let us map what happened to 16-year-old Nika Shakarami who vanished from an anti-regime protest in 2022. Her body was found nine days later. The […]
Everything feels sodden in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, and beyond. It seems as if the rain has been falling without respite for six weeks, and the impact has been devastating. So far more than 120 people have lost their lives, including at least 50 after a dam burst on Monday a short distance from Nairobi. This […]
The US secretary of state hopes Hamas will accept what he has called Israel’s “extraordinarily generous” offer for a Gaza truce and hostage release deal. Antony Blinken was speaking as a Hamas delegation discussed the new proposal with mediators from Egypt and Qatar. A source close to the talks told the BBC they were cautiously […]
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… sentenced to life imprisonment Ernst Lichtenstrasser’s “violent, irrational and unpredictable behaviour” shows he is a danger to society. Because of this, together with a lack of remorse shown by Lichtenstrasser and the fact that he committed two premeditated murders, the most severe sentence that can be imposed on him is justified and appropriate, judge […]
Vice president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has questioned the management of Namdeb why the diamond mining giant has 171 employees on fixed term contracts and not all employees as permanent employees. Nandi-Ndaitwah said Namdeb is mining a critical natural resource, one that belongs to all Namibians, and that there is a need to provide job security to […]
… authorities say they have no grounds to arrest him Erongo police spokesperson chief inspector Ileni Shapumba says the police are facing pressure from the community to arrest the father of the baby girl abandoned in the dunes, following her mother’s arrest at Walvis Bay on Saturday. The police arrested the mother of the one-year-old […]
Political analyst Henning Melber says while Swapo veteran Jerry Ekandjo’s contribution to the liberation of Namibia is commendable, it is time for him to retire. Melber’s comment comes amid Ekandjo’s recent criticism of Swapo’s governance, which Ekandjo says is weakened by factionalism and slate politics. Melber said Ekandjo’s claim of disunity in Swapo is something […]
…young woman opens rural library to nurture reading culture After struggling to secure a job after graduation, Regina Kandishishi (30) decided to open a library at her home village of Onameya in the Oshikoto region. The engineering graduate had fallen into depression due to being unemployed and bought self-help books to help her get through […]