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A group of traditional leaders representing Herero and Nama tribes has rejected last week’s offer by Germany to pay reparations to Namibia for the first genocide of the twentieth century that claimed some 75,000 lives more than a century ago.
Namibian President Hage Geingob and his wife tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday night, the country’s presidency announced on Thursday.
A Canadian firm has commenced drilling activities on what is believed to be a massive onshore oil find in Namibia’s Kalahari Desert, APA learnt here on Wednesday.
Germany has agreed to pay reparations to Namibia for the Nama-Herero genocide that claimed about 75,000 lives more than a century ago, according to media reports monitored here Thursday.
Liquidation for Air Namibia is now a matter of days after the airline on Thursday announced the grounding of all its planes pending the execution of a high court order to send it down under.
Namibia’s state-owned railway operator TransNamib has suspended passenger services after flash flooding caused damage to railway equipment around the country, an official said on Wednesday.
The Namibian government has deferred the opening of schools for the 2021 school calendar in the face of a spike in COVID-19 infections, APA learnt here on Wednesday.
Namibia has called on its citizens to avoid “unnecessary” testing for coronavirus amid a widening backlog of tests at the six laboratories certified to conduct COVID-19 tests.
The Namibian government has tightened measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus amid indications that the country is now experiencing a second wave of the global pandemic.
Namibia has expressed concern to Botswana over the fatal shooting of four Namibians early this month by members of the Botswana Defence Forces, International Relations and Cooperation Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah said on Wednesday.