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News Namibia » Ohanwena: Namibia: Poverty Rife in Ohangwena

News channel or source: https://allafrica.com/stories/200411290249.html
Published on: Wednesday 24 November 2004

Windhoek — THE Ohangwena Region, one of the four regions in the heartland of the north-west of Namibia, is one of the most poverty-stricken areas in the country. A recent study released by the ...

News Namibia » Ohanwena: Namibia: Keynote Address By President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah At the Ohangwena II Wellfield Inauguration

News channel or source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202511180514.html
Published on: Tuesday 18 November 2025

As we say in Namibia, water is life. Truly, water is life. It sustains us, nourishes our animals and vegetation, and drives our development. It is for this reason that water was identified as one of ...

News Namibia » Ohanwena: How an ancient well is bringing northern Namibia water – until funds dry up

News channel or source: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/aug/07/how-an-ancient-well-is-bringing-northern-namibia-water-until-funds-dry-up
Published on: Monday 07 August 2017

A vast acquifer could quench the region’s thirst for hundreds of years, but investment is in short supply in this drought-prone nation When water first flowed from the new community pump in Eenhana ...

News Namibia » Ohanwena: Namibia’s Women Farmers Adapt as Changing Rains Keep Pearl Millet Harvests at Risk

News channel or source: https://www.thevillager.com.na/national/2026/namibias-women-farmers-adapt-as-changing-rains-keep-pearl-millet-harvests-at-risk/
Published on: Wednesday 21 October 2026

Ndamanguluka Nakashole Sesilia Silas, a 44-year-old pearl millet farmer in Namibia’s Ohangwena region, remembers a time when farming felt more certain. Farmers, she says, knew exactly when to plough, ...

News Namibia » Ohanwena: Scientists urge sustainable development of Namibia's newly found aquifer

News channel or source: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2012/aug/03/scientists-sustainable-development-namibia-aquifer
Published on: Thursday 02 August 2012

Scientists believe a vast aquifer discovered 300 metres beneath northern Namibia could provide a lifeline for the impoverished region. German and Namibian scientists who are mapping the groundwater ...

News Namibia » Ohanwena: Namibia’s Miraculous Wellspring: Newly Discovered Aquifer Could Help Develop Agriculture

News channel or source: https://www.ibtimes.com/namibias-miraculous-wellspring-newly-discovered-aquifer-could-help-develop-agriculture-730013
Published on: Friday 20 July 2012

A new aquifer, called Ohangwena II, has been found in northern Namibia. The vast water deposit straddles the border between Namibia and Angola -- on the Namibian side, it covers about 1075 square ...

News Namibia » Ohanwena: Ohangwena Region launches new investment map to drive economic growth

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/top-stories/ohangwena-region-launches-new-investment-map-to-drive-economic-growth/ar-AA2cjgM8
Published on: Tuesday 15 September 2026

The Governor of the Ohangwena Region, Hon. Kadiva Hamutumwa, officially launched the Ohangwena Regional Investment Map and Action Plan for unlocking the region’s economic potential, attracting ...

News Namibia » Ohanwena: In-depth study on child labour in the agricultural sector in Namibia: a study of Oshikoto, Ohangwena, Caprivi and Kavango

News channel or source: https://www.ilo.org/publications/depth-study-child-labour-agricultural-sector-namibia-study-oshikoto
Published on: Thursday 30 December 2010

Carries out an in-depth study on child labour in the agricultural sector in the four regions of Namibia namely, Oshikoto, Ohangwena, Caprivi and Kavango. Collects data and makes recommendations on the ...

News Namibia » Ohanwena: Telecom Namibia reports week's service interruption in Ohangwena region

News channel or source: https://www.telecompaper.com/news/telecom-namibia-reports-weeks-service-interruption-in-ohangwena-region--1434886
Published on: Monday 22 August 2022

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News Namibia » Ohanwena: Response to the 2009 floods emergency in Namibia

News channel or source: https://www.afro.who.int/countries/namibia/publication/response-2009-floods-emergency-namibia
Published on: Wednesday 30 September 2026

For the second consecutive year, torrential rains across Angola, Namibia and Zambia increased water levels in the Chobe, Kunene, Kavango and Zambezi rivers to such an extent that the northcentral and ...