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Namibia to regularise statelessness: Kawana

Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security Minister Albert Kawana has said that his ministry is drafting a bill aimed at preventing statelessness and regularising the status of specified categories of stateless and undocumented persons.   Speaking during the belated commemoration…

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Kawana calls for tourist safety, launches tourist online visa service

The Minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security, Albert Kawana has urged tourism businesses to take precautions to ensure the safety of tourists when they are visiting their establishments.   Speaking during the launch of an online tourist visa…

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Health ministry pays N.dollars 10 million yearly for MRI scanning

The Ministry of Health and Social Services spends N.dollars 10 million dollars annually on sourcing Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machines necessary for examination of body tissues, organs and the skeleton system from private hospitals.   Currently, no public hospital in…

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Shifeta wants benefits from ivory and rhino horn stockpiles

The Minister of Environment, Forestry and Tourism, Pohamba Shifeta said the government is exploring avenues on how Namibia can benefit from the large volume of ivory and rhino horn stockpiles, despite the global trade ban of these products.   Speaking…

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Two truck drivers die in chain collision along TKC in Botswana

Two truck drivers on Saturday died in a chain collision involving five trucks, reportedly caused by poor visibility as a result of fire raging along the road at Bere on the Trans-Kalahari Corridor (TKC) in Botswana.   TKC Secretariat spokesperson…

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Boy shot and killed at Millennium in Rundu

The Namibian Police Force (NamPol) in the Kavango East Region are investigating a case in which an 18-year-old male learner from Rundu Secondary School was shot and killed Friday night at Rundu.   He has been identified as Alpo Malaka…

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Community service orders launched in Omaheke

The Namibian Correctional Service (NCS) on Friday officially launched the roll-out of Community Service Orders to the Gobabis, Witvlei, Otjinene, Leonardville and Talismanis courts.   The new launching to the five Omaheke Region districts has brought the total number of…

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Gochas man sentenced to 15 years for raping elderly woman

The Mariental Regional Court on Friday sentenced a 33-year-old man to 15 years imprisonment for the rape of an elderly woman.   Johannes Kangango who is from the Gochas settlement was sentenced by Magistrate Stanley Tembwe at the end of…

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Man battling own life after Rottweilers’ attack

Ruben Abraham, 44, who was attacked by five dogs on Sunday morning, is currently fighting for his life in the Oshakati Intermediate Hospital.   Deputy Commissioner Nico Steenkamp of the Oshana Namibian Police Force confirmed this to Nampa on Sunday,…

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Seychelles’ President expresses gratitude to UAE for continuous support in socio-economic development

Seychelles’ President Wavel Ramkalawan held discussions with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Shakhboot Nahyan Al Nahyan, in New York on Sunday.   President Ramkalawan is in New York for the…