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The Latest Breaking News from Namibia

Wildfire in Namibia is contained, says PM, after criticism of response

A third of Etosha national park has been burned despite efforts of volunteers, who say troops were sent in too late

The Guardian - UK

Namibia vs Malawi LIVE: Cricket score and updates from ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier

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Namibia deploys 500 soldiers to fight fire in Etosha National Park

Namibia deployed 500 soldiers Sunday to help to fight a fire that has burned through a third of the vast Etosha National Park, one of Africa's largest game reserves, officials said.

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Namibia sends hundreds of soldiers to help battle huge wildfire in Etosha National Park

Namibia has sent more than 500 soldiers to help battle a huge wildfire that has burned across 30% of the country’s best-known national park

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Namibia vs Nigeria LIVE: Cricket score and updates from ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier

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Namibia vs Kenya LIVE: Cricket score and updates from ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier

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As Israel struck Qatar, South Africans saw echo of last decade of apartheid

In the 70s and 80s, South Africa hit Zambia, Angola, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique. Israel’s struck 8 nations this year.

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Zimbabwe vs Namibia LIVE: Cricket score and updates from Namibia in Zimbabwe 2025

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Zimbabwe vs Namibia LIVE: Cricket score and updates from Namibia in Zimbabwe 2025

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Zimbabwe vs Namibia LIVE: Cricket score and updates from Namibia in Zimbabwe 2025

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The Independent UK

What does it mean to become an adult? In Namibia, it’s caring for others

Around the world, people become adults in different ways. In some places, it’s when you get a job, get married, or move out of your parents’ house. In others it might include an initiation ritual, or taking leadership in your family or community.

The Conversation

UCI Gravel World Series: Haley Preen and Alex Miller win Khomas100, claim African gravel titles

Marc Pritzen and Anri Greeff take second behind the solo victors in first running of Namibian event as a UCI World Championships qualifier

Cycling News

Namibia celebrates independence heroes, but glosses over a painful history

Namibia celebrates 26 August as Heroes’ Day. It recalls the first military encounter between the South African army and members of the South West Africa People’s Organisation (Swapo), Namibia’s liberation movement, in 1966. Initially a German colony (1884-1915), the country was then administered by South Africa, which refused to give…

The Conversation

Namibia’s forgotten genocide: how Bushmen were hunted and killed under German colonial rule

The genocide of Namibia’s Ovaherero and Nama people by German colonial forces (1904-1907) is widely documented. But much less is made of what came next – the genocide of the country’s Bushmen, also known as the San.

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Satellites are helping protect critically endangered desert elephants. Here's how

GPS tracking and high-resolution satellite images are helping humans coexist with endangered elephants in western Namibia.

Latin Times

Mexican Cartels Continue Expanding Their Operations And Have Also Reached Africa, Pentagon Says

A top Pentagon official for Africa warned that Mexican cartels have begun consolidating connections impacting the security of the region, especially in countries like Angola and Namibia

The Guardian - UK

Jen Bartlett obituary

Wildlife photographer involved in making Flight of the Snow Geese and other films for ITV’s Survival series

Radio France Internationale

Silencing dissent in Tanzania, reckoning with genocide in Namibia

In East Africa, politicians and civil society members are increasingly alarmed by political arrests, as opposition figure Tundu Lissu remains imprisoned in Tanzania, facing the death penalty in a trial that continues to be repeatedly postponed. In this week's Spotlight on Africa podcast, we hear from Robert Amsterdam, legal counsel…

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The Independent UK

Want to experience the world’s oldest desert? This how to do it

An aerial safari is a wonderful way to understand one of the most remote places on our planet, says Sarah Marshall

The Guardian - UK

Namibia pushes for German reparations on first genocide remembrance day

Event commemorates estimated 75,000 Herero and Nama people killed under German colonial rule

Al Jazeera

Namibia marks inaugural Genocide Remembrance Day with call for reparations

Germany has acknowledged early 1900s genocide of Herero and Nama people, but reparations remain elusive.

The Independent UK

Namibia holds its first genocide remembrance day to mark mass killings by colonial ruler Germany

Namibia has marked the mass killings of Indigenous people by former colonial ruler Germany in the early 20th century with its first genocide remembrance day

Radio France Internationale

Namibia holds controversial first commemoration of German colonial-era genocide

Namibia on Wednesday held its first national commemoration for the victims of mass killings by colonial-era German troops, in what is widely recognised as the first genocide of the 20th century. However, some organisations representing victims' descendants have declined to take part.

Radio France Internationale

Namibia to hold first commemoration of German genocide this week

Namibia this week will hold its first national commemoration for victims of mass killings by German occupiers in what is widely recognised as the first genocide of the 20th century, the government said.

The Conversation

First fossil pangolin tracks discovered in South Africa

A team of scientists who study vertebrate fossil tracks and traces on South Africa’s southern Cape coast have identified the world’s first fossil pangolin trackway, with the help of Indigenous Master Trackers from Namibia. Ichnologists Charles Helm, Clive Thompson and Jan De Vynck tell the story.

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