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News Namibia » Government: Germany Has Officially Recognized Colonial-Era Atrocities in Namibia. But For Some, Reconciliation Is a Long Way Off

News channel or source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/germany-officially-recognized-colonial-era-165045118.html
Published on: Friday 28 May 2021

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The German government formally recognized colonial-era atrocities against the Herero and Nama people in modern-day Namibia for the ...

News Namibia » Government: Namibia's drought cull of more than 700 wildlife under way

News channel or source: https://phys.org/news/2024-09-namibia-drought-cull-wildlife.html
Published on: Tuesday 03 September 2024

A Namibian government cull of more than 700 wildlife to cope with its worst drought in decades is under way, with nearly 160 animals already killed, the environment ministry said Tuesday. The ...

News Namibia » Government: Govt Reviews Sugar Vat Zero-Rating

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/other/govt-reviews-sugar-vat-zero-rating/ar-AA2fVoYu
Published on: Thursday 22 October 2026

Finance minister Ericah Shafudah says the government is reviewing the zero-rating of value-added tax (VAT) on sugar consumption, raising the possibility of changes to the tax treatment of the ...

News Namibia » Government: Fact Check: Namibia denies online claim it announced plan to deport over 500 US citizens

News channel or source: https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/namibia-denies-online-claim-it-announced-plan-deport-over-500-us-citizens-2025-04-28/
Published on: Monday 28 April 2025

Namibia’s government has denied a claim on social media that it announced a plan to deport more than 500 U.S. citizens in the country without valid visas, following a change to visa policy in April. A ...

News Namibia » Government: Namibian government dehorns rhino to curb poaching

News channel or source: https://phys.org/news/2014-11-namibian-dehorns-rhino-curb-poaching.html
Published on: Monday 17 November 2014

The Namibian government is dehorning most of its endangered black rhinos in order to discourage poachers, a spokesperson said Monday. The radical move comes after several reports exposed a spike in ...

News Namibia » Government: Namibian government and people lauded for conservation successes

News channel or source: https://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?211753/Namibian-government-and-people-lauded-for-conservation-successes
Published on: Thursday 24 October 2013

Windhoek, Namibia – WWF has recognized Namibia for its outstanding conservation achievements with a Gift to the Earth Award. Global conservation organization WWF has recognized Namibia for its ...

News Namibia » Government: Namibia's Oil And Gas Sector Sparks Global Investment Rush

News channel or source: https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Namibias-Oil-And-Gas-Sector-Sparks-Global-Investment-Rush.html
Published on: Wednesday 23 August 2023

Major oil companies like TotalEnergies, Shell, and Chevron are investing heavily in Namibia following promising discoveries in the Graff-1, Venus-1, and Jonker-1X projects. The Government of Namibia ...

News Namibia » Government: A comprehensive COVID-19 response from Government, WHO and partners keeps community transmission at bay and protects health services for the vulnerable

News channel or source: https://www.afro.who.int/countries/namibia/news/comprehensive-covid-19-response-government-who-and-partners-keeps-community-transmission-bay-and
Published on: Monday 29 June 2020

Namibia reported its first confirmed COVID-19 cases on 13 March 2020 and the Ministry declared the COVID-19 outbreak on 14 March 2020. Since then (as of 6 July 2020) Namibia has had several hundred ...