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 Africa. Developed as part of the collaboration with the Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) of the European Commission for the development …
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 is synonymous with many villages and settlements in //Karas …
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 before a decision on whether to permit another legal sale and against a backdrop of more African elephants being killed for ivory …
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 called to order by the police. After several complaints from community members about the noise made by these churches, the police …
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 are said to be too saline for either human or animal consumption. "The lake is almost completely …
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 public accordingly. The agriculture, water and forestry minister said this yesterday in response to a question during …
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 cattle killed or attacked inside a kraal; about N$200 per hectare of crops eaten, trampled or damaged by wild animals; …
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 cattle killed or attacked inside a kraal; about N$200 per hectare of crops eaten, trampled or damaged by wild animals; …
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 prompted the Namibia Wild Horses Foundation (NWHF) to appeal for funds or good quality grass during this …
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 a two-day stakeholders' consultative workshop convened last week at Mariental to review the Community Based Management (CBM) …
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 Goal 6 of reducing malaria mortality and morbidly by 60 percent. Deputy Minister of Health and …
AN ESTIMATED 17 000 youths between 10 and 19 years are living with HIV in Namibia. This was revealed at an event hosted by the NGO Positive Vibes (PV) in the capital on Friday. According to Annemarie Nitschke, a director in the health ministry, "Namibia is still one of the …
Namibian police say they have found 34 rhino carcasses in the country in January and February this year. The rhino carcasses were found during an aerial search last month. Twenty-nine of them were found in Etosha Game Park, which is home to the biggest rhino population in the country. The …
Namibia wants new laws passed within a year compelling mining firms to have a minimum 20 percent stake reserved for the black majority, before issuing or renewing prospecting and mining licences as part of an empowerment drive to fight poverty, the mines minister said on Thursday. The southern African country, …
Germany has committed €4.97 million towardS combating poaching and illegal trading of wildlife in Namibia.Christian Grà¼n, the German embassy’s Councillor for Development Cooperation said on Wednesday that the European country is an important partner for the Namibian Ministry of Environment and Tourism in the area of the management of natural …
Luanda — The ministers of Hotels and Tourism of Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe and the Angolan Secretary of State of the referred sector Alfredo Varo Kaputo, approved on 29 January in Zimbabwe, the Master Plan for the integrated development of Cross-Border Conservation Area Kavango and Zambezi (KAZA ATFC), Angop has …
Africa: South Africa Recognized for Progress in Malaria Fight Statistics indicate that annual malaria deaths in Africa have decreased from an estimated 764,000 in 2000 to 395,000 in 2015. According to a press statement issued yesterday by the Executive Secretary of the African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA), Ms Johannah-Joy Phumaphi, …
The household food security has significantly weakened in the country's major seven northern communal crop-producing regions, as most households have exhausted their harvest of the last season which was very poor. This was revealed in the Agricultural Inputs and Household Food Security Situation report released in December 2015 by the …
There has been progress towards malaria elimination in the last decade. In response, WHO launched the Global Technical Strategy (GTS), in which vector surveillance and control play important roles. Country experiences in the Eliminating Malaria Case Study Series were reviewed to identify success factors on the road to elimination using …
The relationship between livestock and climate change has been discussed for years. Livestock contribute both directly and indirectly to climate change through the emissions of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide. In a new study the results of which were published last week, the American Millennium …
All areas of Namibia have only a 25 percent chance of experiencing a wetter than normal rainy season, a 40 percent likelihood of a normal rainy season, and a 35 percent chance of below-normal amounts of rain from October this year to March next year. This bleak picture unfolds from …
