Africa Namibia Supreme Court overturned a decision by lower court in 2021 to grant citizenship to a gay couple's son born in South Africa as they failed to comply with the law by registering the birth with the Namibian authorities within one year
Africa Namibia Namibia's economy received a significant boost from foreign direct investment inflows worth USD 717 million, or 7,2% of the country's GDP, during the first nine months of 2022
Africa Namibia Namibia and Botswana will today sign an agreement permitting the use of national identity cards for the two countries as travel documents to cross their shared borders
Africa Namibia Residents of Aminius Constituency, counting some 13.000 inhabitants, are forced to transport the remains of dead relatives to Gobabis mortuary, around 175km away, since their mortuary broke down several months ago
Africa Namibia The number of rhinos poached in Namibia last year was the highest ever recorded in the country and almost double than previous year: a total of 87 rhinos were killed in 2022 compared to 45 in 2021, according to government figures
Africa Namibia The National Housing Enterprise has made known that the strike for which 90% of its employees voted will affect service delivery
Africa Namibia The country has reportedly entered into a "robust" contract with Zambia for uninterrupted power supply, according to NamPower's acting managing director Kandali Iyambo
Africa Namibia Fishermen will not be allowed to fish for kabeljou in Walvis Bay from 1 January to 31 March 2023; the restriction is a conservation measure for kabeljou
Africa Namibia Thikanduko villagers have received new water infrastructure and will no longer have to risk their lives with crocodiles and hippos in the Okavango River to access water
Africa Namibia A total of 23 telephone operators of the Windhoek municipality receive between 500 and 1.000 calls a day from residents of the capital, with a total of 2.000 calls per month handled
Africa Namibia The Children of Former Liberation Struggle Fighters have declared that they will not participate in the 2024 presidential and general elections if they are not registered as beneficiaries by the Ministry of Veterans Affairs
Africa Namibia Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism has said that the 100-kilometre state forest in the Zambezi region is under threat from foreigners who daily enter undesignated points to collect timber
Africa Namibia Oranjemund has become the 4th city with a landfill site after the municipality fenced off a portion of land in the north of the city, a few metres away from the current landfill site, where no recycling activities take place