The death toll from a fuel tanker explosion in a South African city east of Johannesburg has risen to 15, the health minister said Sunday."Yesterday [Saturday], the death toll was at 10 people and now we are sitting at 15 as of this morning," Joe Phaah...
Dutch King Willem-Alexander welcomed the government's apology for the Netherlands' role in 250 years of slavery in his Christmas address on Sunday, saying it was the "start of a long journey."Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Monday officially apologized fo...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic congratulates His Eminence Metropolitan of Pafos, Georgios, Custodian of the Archbishop’s Throne of Cyprus, on his election today as the new Archbishop of New Justinian and All Cyprus by the Holy...
In an increasingly complex international and regional environment, we are experiencing a time of radical upheaval. A war on the European continent, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine - a reality that we considered inconceivable only a few months ag...
Responding to an announcement by Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema on Friday 23 December 2022, that he had assented to a law banning the death penalty and the offence of criminal defamation of the president, Tigere Chagutah Amnesty International’s ...
HighlightsOngoing deterioration of livelihoods in the drought affected regions of Ethiopia continues to result in negative coping mechanisms of communities; incidents of gender-based violence (GBV) are affecting the lives of millions of women and adole...
We have once again come to the close of a year that was, by all accounts, unique, challenging, and difficult. A year that caused severe disruptions in many facets of life and paralysed the well-being and livelihoods of many who were already marginalise...
The African continent (20 percent of the planet’s land) is home to one-quarter of the world’s mammal species and one-fifth of the world’s bird species. At least one-sixth of the world’s plant species are endemic to Africa. The continent also boasts 369...
Sikosinyana: In adherence to the Namibian government's call to actively promote tree planting this month to honour the legacy of late Founding President Sam Nujoma, the Sikosinyana Senior Secondary School in the Zambezi Region on Monday planted 12 see...
Windhoek: Namibia's annual inflation rate for April 2025 stood at 3.6 per cent, a decrease from the 4.8 per cent recorded in April 2024.
According to Namibia Press Agency, this information was detailed in the Namibia Consumer Price Index (NCPI) for A...
Ondangwa: The implementation of Namibia's electrification project is moving at a snail's pace, according to Ben Nangombe, the Executive Director of the Ministry of Mines, Energy and Industry. Nangombe said this on Tuesday during an electricity acceler...