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Namibia : Namibia: No more oil, gas exploration licenses
on 2012/9/11 9:46:01
Namibia

20120911
AP
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Namibia's government says it will stop issuing licenses for companies to explore for oil and gas toward the end of this year.

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Namibia : Mozambique kills suspected abduction ring kingpin
on 2012/9/5 9:57:42
Namibia

20120905
AFP
Mozambican police have killed the suspected kingpin of a kidnapping ring that has targeted wealthy Muslims in Maputo during a raid in which six were also arrested, they said Tuesday.

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Namibia : Namibia to spend $90 mln on Airbus planes
on 2011/10/19 15:58:34
Namibia

20111019
Reuters
WINDHOEK (Reuters) - Air Namibia will pay $90 million for two new Airbus A319-100 planes to be delivered in 2014, the Namibian daily newspaper New Era said on Wednesday, citing an Airbus executive.

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Namibia : Namibia flooding kills at least 65 : UN
on 2011/4/16 10:05:52
Namibia

20110415
reuters

WINDHOEK (Reuters) - Heavy flooding in Namibia has killed at least 65 people and displaced 60,000, damaging crops and infrastructure in the southwest African state, a U.N. report said on Friday.

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Namibia : Rescued Cheetahs Find Safe Home at Okonjima
on 2010/10/31 10:09:00
Namibia

20101030
Namibian

A FINAL group of four cheetahs have been released into Okonjima's new 16 000-hectare private game reserve. Since May, 17 once-captive cheetah and four wild dogs have been released to run free.

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Namibia : Tom Saintfiet quits Namibia for Zimbabwe
on 2010/9/27 11:32:04
Namibia

20100926
africanews

Namibia coach Tom Saintfiet has finally been confirmed as the substantive Warriors coach after a Zimbabwe Football Association, ZIFA, board meeting held in Harare over the weekend. The Belgian's appointment ends a week long stand-off between FA officials over a national and an outsider.

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Namibia : Namibia aims to earn $1.6b from mining
on 2010/9/22 12:13:24
Namibia

20100921
africanews

The Namibian government has set its sights on netting N$12billion approximately US$ 1.5b from the mining sector by 2014 following a boost in production brought about by the uranium rush in the Erongo region of the country.

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Namibia : Namibia moves to diversify economy
on 2010/9/19 12:13:21
Namibia

20100917
africanews

The Namibian government has taken a hard-line stance to diversify the economy in a bid to move away from the overreliance in the mining sector the country's Finance Minister told Africa News.

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Namibia : Namibia moves to diversify economy
on 2010/9/18 15:46:32
Namibia

20100917
africa news

The Namibian government has taken a hard-line stance to diversify the economy in a bid to move away from the overreliance in the mining sector the country's Finance Minister told Africa News.

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Namibia : Parties Win Poll Appeal
on 2010/9/8 11:09:41
Namibia

20100907
Namibian

Windhoek — THE case in which nine opposition parties are challenging the conduct of Namibia's National Assembly election late last year has been sent back to the High Court.

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Namibia : Parties Win Election Appeal
on 2010/9/7 10:54:07
Namibia

20100906
Namibian

Windhoek — THE case in which nine opposition parties are challenging the conduct of Namibia's national elections late last year has been sent back to the High Court.

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Namibia : Namibia HIV women sue over forced sterilisation
on 2010/6/1 17:49:12
Namibia

20100601
BBC

Three women in Namibia are suing the state for allegedly being sterilised without their informed consent after being diagnosed as HIV positive.

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