Biodiversity action plan needs N$3b
NAMIBIA needs about N$3 billion to fully achieve the second national biodiversity strategy and action plan of 2013 to 2022. Speaking at the resource mobilisation for biodiversity conservation project
Namibian (Namibia)
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Marine pollution levy coming
THE introduction of a pollution levy payable by companies operating in Namibia's coastal waters are among the priorities of the newly established National Marine Pollution Contingency Plan (NMPCP) management
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37% of Namibians hungry and undernourished
THE prevalence of undernourishment in Namibia was last measured at 37% in 2016, while 24% of children under the age of five are stunted. The United Nations' resident coordinator and United Nations Development
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Govt to evict Daan Viljoen squatters
ABOUT 20 families at the Daan Viljoen Game Park just outside Windhoek face eviction for accommodating relatives aged above 18 years. The Wildlife and National Parks' division under the environment ministry
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MOST households on the outskirts of Windhoek do not have toilets.
In rural areas, roughly 72 percent and 12 percent of people in urban areas still relieve themselves in the open. According to a 2015 Formative Research Report on Open Defecation Status in Namibia done
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With more than one crop, Kenyan farmers weather army worm attacks
NYATIKE — In the fields visible from the bumpy dirt road leading to Ongare Owuoda's home, acres of maize plants with sagging leaves suggest farmers here will reap a poor harvest this season. Owuoda,
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Two roaming lions relocated to game park
TWO of the three lions which were found roaming among the community near the Botswana border last week were captured and safely relocated to Buffalo Game Park in Kavango East. The two male lions were
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No change in northern flood situation
VILLAGERS in the Oshana region affected by the flash floods from Angola, also known as efundja, will have to wait a while longer before they can access health facilities and other amenities because water
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N$25m or 20 years for illegal wildlife sales
ANYONE found illegally selling controlled wildlife will be fined N$25 million instead of the current N$20 000, while jail time which is five now goes up to 20 years. Those found in possession of controlled
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Second Congo fever case confirmed
THE health ministry on Friday confirmed a second case of the Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) from the Omaheke region. A 19-year-old man from Okongoua village was bitten by a tick on 1 March.
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Omusati and Ohangwena schools under water threat
SCHOOLS in the Ohangwena and Omusati regions might be temporarily closed if the heavy rainfalls that have continued over the past few days do not stop. The recent rainfall, which fell over the whole northern