Omusati

Newcomer to shake up Namibian election

JOHANNESBURG, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba, who attracted 76.4 percent of the presidential vote in the previous elections in 2004, is certain to triumph, along with his South West African People’s...

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More Voter Roll Discrepancies

ABOUT 132 Namibians who are below the voting age of 18 years have registered as voters and received their cards while some 103 voters registered twice and 12 voters, among them Tobie Aupindi, Managing Director of Namibia...

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ECN Expresses a View On Political Violence

JUST three days before the arrival of foreign election observers in Namibia, the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) has found its voice and condemned incidents of political violence that have occurred in some parts of...

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Namibia: Omusati is a Stain On the Standards of Human Decency During Elections

OFFICIALS working on the Namibian political desk at the United Nations are without doubt drafting reports that may read: 'Growing tension is threatening the country's ability to hold free and fair elections, with supporters of...

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Namibia: Seven Arrested Over Outapi Violence

POLICE at Outapi in the Omusati Region arrested seven people following a confrontation between Swapo and RDP supporters at Outapi on Sunday. Omusati Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner Simion Shindinge, told The Namibian that...

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Namibia: RDP Condemns Outapi Violence

THE town of Outapi in the Omusati Region, which once again experienced violent clashes between supporters of the ruling Swapo party and the RDP opposition party on Sunday, has the potential "to be the spark that could put...

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Namibia: Ruling Party Opposition Face Off Again

FRICTION between supporters of the ruling Swapo Party and the RDP flared up again in the Omusati Region yesterday, barely 24 hours after a similar face-off at Outapi, according to human rights monitors.

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Namibia: 2 Armed Hold-Ups in City

POLICE in Windhoek are investigating a robbery where a resident of Omuvapu Street was held at gunpoint in his home and robbed of a cellphone on Tuesday morning. Also on Tuesday, Simon Amunyela (33) was robbed of his car, cash...

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ASF Case in Namibia On the Rise

NAMIBIA - The number of cases of African Swine Fever (ASF) in Namibia has risen to eighty-eight. Follow-up Report No.2 was sent to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) yesterday, 19 October, by Namibian veterinary...

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Namibia: Elections 2009 - Swapo's Fantastic Four

PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba was born on August 18, 1935, at Okanghudhi-Pohamba village, Ondobe constituency in the Ohangwena Region. Pohamba became the second President of the Republic of Namibia on March 21, 2005 after...

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