Advancing sustainable development in Africa
<p>The report provides a detailed analysis of the design and implementation of Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) roadmaps aimed at advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Sub-Saharan
Namibia
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Namibia: Karas Residents Eagerly Await End to Bucket Toilet System
Kosis — Disposing of human waste has become a part of her life - she must empty the bucket when it is full of human faeces and she washes the bucket to use it again when nature calls. The bucket system
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Legal ivory sale drove dramatic increase in elephant poaching, study shows
A huge legal sale of ivory intended to cut elephant poaching instead catastrophically backfired by dramatically increasing elephant deaths, according to new research. The revelation comes just months
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Namibian Churches Called To Order For Noise Pollution
Namibian Churches Called To Order For Noise Pollution SWAKOPMUND, NAMIBIA, May 30 (BERNAMA-NNN-NAMPA) -- Churches in Namibia's coastal towns which are reoported to have caused noise pollution have been
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Namibia: Lake Oponona Dries Up
Ongwediva — Lake Oponona, which is normally a dependable water body for thousands of cattle in Uuvudhiya and Ompundja constituencies, has almost completely dried up. The puddles of water left in the lake
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Namibia: Cabinet to Announce New Drought Relief Measures
Windhoek — Agriculture Minister John Mutorwa expects Cabinet to finalise its recommendations on a revised drought relief food scheme this week or at the latest by next week and will thereafter inform the
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Namibia: Wildlife Victims Demand Better Compensation
Katima Mulilo — Victims of human-wildlife conflict in the Zambezi region are pushing for higher monetary compensation for their suffering. Currently, conservancies pay out about N$1 500 per head of
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Namibia: Wildlife Victims Demand Better Compensation
Katima Mulilo — Victims of human-wildlife conflict in the Zambezi region are pushing for higher monetary compensation for their suffering. Currently, conservancies pay out about N$1 500 per head of
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Namibia: Drought Continues to Threaten Wild Horses
PERSISTENT drought ravaging the country due to low rainfall continues to threaten scores of feral horses that inhabit the Namib Desert about 20 kilometres west of Aus settlement in the South. This has
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Namibia: 20 Percent of Rural Areas Lack Clean Water
MORE than 20% of people living in rural areas do not have access to sources of clean water. The director of rural water supply and sanitation, Leopold Niipare, made this revelation while addressing
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Namibia: Malaria Deaths in Namibia Down By 95 Percent- Kavetuna
Outapi — Namibia has made tremendous progress in reducing malaria cases by 98 percent and deaths by 95 percent between 2001 and 2015. The country has thus met the Abuja Target and Millennium Development