Hundreds of buffaloes drowned in Botswana – Government
Hundreds of buffaloes have drowned in a river near the border between Botswana and Namibia, on the edge of the Kabulabula Peninsula, the Botswana government […]
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Ghana, seventh wealthiest African country – AfrAsia Wealth Report 2018
Ghana is the seventh wealthiest country in Africa with a total wealth of $63 billion as of December 2017, according to AfrAsia Bank Africa Wealth […]
Namibia to accelerate pace of land reform to “avoid chaos”
Namibia will hold a “national land conference” October 1–5 to discuss policies that will accelerate the land reform program, President Hage Geingob said on Sunday. […]
Namibia gets $218 million loan from AfDB
Namibia secured a $218 million loan from the African Development Bank, the second tranche of a quarter billion dollar facility from the Bank. The loan […]
Security, trade, anti-corruption top African leaders’ meeting in Mauritania
The 31st summit of the African Union (AU) ended on Monday in Mauritania with the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), anti-corruption and security on […]
MTN to launch mobile service in Namibia by August
Africa’s biggest mobile telecoms firm, MTN Group, is aiming to launch a mobile service in Namibia by the end of August. According to Reuters, the […]
Namibia: families of victims killed by hippos, crocodiles to get $8,297
Namibia will now compensate families of people killed by wild animals including crocodiles and hippos with up to $8,297. About nine people were killed by […]
Namibia economy slips into recession
Namibia has dropped into recession after its mining-fueled economy contracted in the final two quarters of last year, the statistics office said on Thursday. According […]
AU launches world’s largest free-trade area, biggest economies out
Forty-four African countries on Wednesday launched a $3 trillion continental free-trade zone encompassing 1.2 billion people. But Nigeria and South Africa, the continent’s biggest economies […]
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf wins Mo Ibrahim African leadership prize
The Mo Ibrahim Foundation, named after its Sudanese billionaire founder, announced on Monday that the prize committee has awarded the $5m prize for leadership to […]