Namibia News

HOUSE prices across Namibia dropped by 17 per cent from March 2008 to March this year as falling interest rates, coupled with an increase in new houses and available land, turned the housing sector into a buyer's market.

Namibian health authorities said Wednesday they have detected four cases of Swine Flu, which they said could have emanated from Europe.

The Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Dr Abraham Iyambo will officially launch Namibia's first Islands' Marine Protected Area on Thursday at Luderitz.

NEARLY two weeks after the Bank of Namibia's last rate cut of 50 basis points, only FNB Namibia and Bank Windhoek have dropped their prime lending rates, although both opted for less relief for home owners.

Gazprom's banking unit had struck a $1 billion agreement with Namibian energy company Namcor to build a new power plant in Namibia, the Russian energy giant said on Friday.

ILLEGAL drug abuse is at an all-time high in Namibia, Health and Social Services Minister Richard Kamwi, warned yesterday.

JOHANNESBURG, 25 June 2009 - When doctors at Katatura State Hospital in the Namibian capital, Windhoek, booked Shantel Ferreira* for a follow-up operations after she gave birth to her first child, she thought nothing of it - until she started asking questions about the acronym "BTL" which appeared on her form.

Russian and Namibian Presidents Dmitry Medvedev and Hifikepunye Pohamba have agreed to continue joint efforts for the world to be safe and prospering and step up mutual support and cooperation on the international scene, said the joint communique on the Russian president's June 25-26 official visit to Namibia.

Two HIV-positive Namibian women who allege they were sterilised against their will in public hospitals are seeking redress through the courts, the first of more than 20 known cases, according to the International Community for Women Living with HIV/AIDS . The ICW raised the alarm over what it terms forced or coerced sterilisations among ...

Namibia's recently released second MDG Report 2008 finds that the country is making progress toward achieving some of the U.N. Millennium Development Goal targets.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday that dialogue was continuing with Washington on linking strategic arms reductions with U.S. plans to deploy missile defenses in central Europe.

The Kimberley Process certification scheme, which aims to stop the use of diamonds to fund conflict, is failing, according to a campaign group.

PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba and Cabinet yesterday asked for a comprehensive report on the derailed trade negotiations between Namibia and the European Union , veiled in growing distrust, before deciding whether or not to sign the controversial economic partnership agreement with the bloc.

Anna Shikongo* wanted many more children, but five-month old Johannes, perched on her lap, will forever be her lastborn.

THREE cheetah cubs roll around in the grass totally involved in their game, the two males wanting to play with the wooden log their little sister has snatched away from them.

Trucks are scheduled to start rolling again soon at the mines operated by Namdeb, the joint venture between De Beers and the government of the African nation of Namibia.

Namibia's Economist reports: Just to show visitors that Namibia is not only about wildlife and safari, desert and savanna, the Windhoek Metal Fest at the end of June also marks the tentative beginning of the increase in tourist arrivals.

THE severe economic hardship suffered by developing countries like Namibia resulting from the global financial crisis is no reason to nationalise, African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka said yesterday.

MOST motorists will pay between 20 and 21 cents per litre more for petrol from today, instead of the 19 cents per litre increase announced by Government, to foot the rail transport bill which has increased by five per cent.

WINDHOEK, Namibia - Namibia's central bank governor said Wednesday the diamond-rich southern African nation's economy will shrink by 0.6 percent in 2009 as mining slows in the global economic crisis.