MOSCOW – The Kremlin yesterday slammed Azerbaijan’s detention of Russian journalists and urged Baku to release them, further escalating a diplomatic rift between the ex-Soviet neighbours. Moscow and Baku been been embroiled in a spat after two ethnic Azerbaijanis died over the weekend following Russian police raids targeted at the diaspora in Yekaterinburg in a...
NAIROBI – The impact of US aid cuts has already taken a toll in South Sudan and children are dying, Action Against Hunger told AFP on Tuesday. The east African nation has remained deeply poor and unstable since independence in 2011 and is massively dependent on international aid despite its oil wealth.It is among the...
WASHINGTON – Republican senators struggled yesterday for a second day to pass president Donald Trump’s flagship spending bill, which would slash welfare programmes for the poor while adding an eye-watering US$3 trillion to the national debt. The president wants his “One Big Beautiful Bill” – which polls show is wildly unpopular among Americans – to...
The movement of dried meat of cloven-hoofed animals (such as cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and certain wild animals) is now allowed into the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) free zone without a veterinary permit, provided that all portions of the meat are cooked and free of blood. This was announced by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water...
Iuze Mukube A man accused of murdering the then domestic partner of his mother by stabbing him in the chest with a knife during a violent confrontation in 2021 was found guilty yesterday in the High Court. Kevin Matt his then stepfather, Deon Bobeje, at their residence on 27 February 2021 at Krõnlein in Keetmanshoop....
Auleria Wakudumo EENHANA – The Eenhana Town Council raised a total of N$438 500 during a fundraising gala dinner held over the weekend. The event was hosted in support of the upcoming 15th Eenhana Expo, held under the theme ‘Advancing Innovation and Diversification’. The fundraising gala brought together stakeholders from both the public and private...
Auleria Wakudumo Minista woikwameni neameno lokeengaba Lucia Iipumbu okwa indila ovadali opo ve litule mo mokuningila ounona wavo eedjapo domadalo manga vanini. Pefimbo ta patulula pambelewa yokuyandja omikanda doshilongo moKarasburg Omaandaxa, Iipumbu okwa holola kutya ouministeli owa ninga etokolo okweeta omayakulo popepi noshiwana molwaashi omayakulo a tya ngaho okwa li e li kokule. “Onda didilika...
A series of violent crimes, accidents and other incidents were reported across Namibia over the weekend. The Namibian Police Force in the weekend crime report said in Khorixas, four tourists were attacked at the Kipwe Camping Site early on Friday. The suspects, who are still at large, broke into the victims’ vehicle, stealing passports, wallets...
LISBON – Portugal recorded its highest-ever single-day temperature in June 46.6 degrees Celsius while last month was the hottest in Spain, the countries’ weather services said yesterday. The IPMA agency said the record temperature — the equivalent of 115.9 degrees Fahrenheit — was registered on Sunday at Mora, about 100 kilometres east of the...
ABIDJAN – In Africa’s turbulent Sahel region, the Al-Qaeda-linked JNIM jihadist group is expanding its influence by repeated massacres, food distribution and signing pacts with local authorities to position itself as a key political player. The Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM) has not ruled out governing states and has condemned bloody...