The Latest Breaking News from Namibia

African delegation says proposed new law ignores local voices and could harm rather than save wildlife

The Malawi government is investigating some of its former diplomats who served the country’s embassies in Namibia, South Africa and the United Kingdom for allegedly selling state assets ,including houses, and failing to account for the proceeds of the sales.

There have been two major oil finds in the southern African country this year.

The latest rugby headlines and news bulletins from Wales and beyond

Gerhard Mans—Namibia's first rugby captain after the country gained independence—was killed after being hit by a car while cycling near the capital, Windhoek, on Wednesday

While the UK government has been considering a ban on imports of hunting trophies, the South African government recently approved an annual maximum quota of ten legal trophy hunts of endangered black rhinos for 2022. South Africa has permitted white rhino hunts, without quota limits, since 1972.

Chris Salisbury was one of three senior executives who stepped down after the destruction of a 46,000-year-old sacred site at Juukan Gorge. He has been named as the proposed chair of a $658m merger with the company developing WA's first uranium mine.

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In Jamaica last week, Prince William trotted out the same tired platitudes the UK has parroted for years. Now it’s time to pay

Namibia has been a presidential democracy since independence from South Africa in 1990. Much executive power is vested in the head of state, who is elected directly every five years in parallel to the National Assembly.

South Africa abstained in a vote in the United Nations General Assembly on the resolution condemning the Russian invasion of the Ukraine, and demanding their withdrawal.