Namibia

Cricket Namibia and its partners have handed over a cash contribution to the Namibian Cancer Association, following the #Pledge4Pink awareness campaign

The Supreme Court ruled in favour of recognising same-sex marriages celebrated abroad with foreign spouses, making the country the second on the continent to do so after South Africa

Prison authorities have banned the recruitment of people with visible tattoos in order to protect the image of prisons as it is feared that some tattoos worn by prison officers may be linked to criminal gangs

Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism spent USD 132,4 million to improve the infrastructure of Dorob National Park and the Skeleton Coast; funding was provided with assistance from the German government through the KfW Development Bank

Local green and digital technology companies could in the future be granted allowances for tax purposes, sayd Oscar Capelao, the Minister’s tax adviser; the provision would aim at fostering investment in green technology and digital transition

Ministry of Mines and Energy signed a memorandum of understanding with QatarEnergy to strengthen cooperation in the energy sector

Farmers in Namibia have experimented with a nuclear-based approach to field irrigation, which has helped them to substantially improve water use efficiency

Former Zimbabwe Electoral Commission chairperson, Justice Rita Makarau has been appointed as Acting judge of the Supreme Court of 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

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

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

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