By Michel Haoses. Gondwana Collection Namibia attended the world’s largest tourism trade fair Internationale Tourismus Börse Berlin (ITB) from 05 to 07 March. The ITB tourism trade fair held in Berlin, Germany annually brings together a wide range of businesses from hotels and tourist boards to tour board operators and airlines. Planning to promote the...
Tens of thousands have rallied at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate in support of Israel and decrying anti-semitism. The demonstrations come just over two weeks since Hamas launched terror attacks against Israel which killed more than 1400 people. Trent Murray has more from Berlin. The post Thousands rally in Berlin in support of Israel first appeared on...
It’s been a little over a month since ‘Chief Hijangua’ made its international debut at a sold-out premiere at Haus des Rundfunks in Berlin. Lauded as Namibia’s first opera, composed by Eslon Hindundu and directed by Kim Mira Meyer and Micheal Pulse, the Namibian-German co-production revived Hindundu and librettist Nikolaus Frei’s tragic tale of a...
There isn’t anything particularly African about the African Quarter in Berlin. Waiting to begin a decolonial tour in Wedding, a locality in the German capital, one looks for something that may connote ideas of the continent. A majority Black population? No. A splash of bustling markets selling the fresh produce and flavourful meals akin to...
Ethiopian Tigist Assefa smashed the women’s marathon world record by more than two minutes in Berlin on Sunday as Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge won the men’s race for a record fifth time. Assefa clocked 2hr 11min 53sec, more than two minutes ahead of the previous world mark of 2:14:04 set by Kenyan Brigid Kosgei in Chicago...
Windhoeks Bürgermeister Joseph Uapingene trägt sich unter den Augen des Berliner Bürgermeisters Kai Wegner ins Goldene Buch der Stadt Berlin ein © DNG / Daniel Lange Eine Delegation der Windhoeker Stadtverwaltung unter Leitung von Bürgermeister Joseph Uapingene hat zuletzt die deutschen Städte Berlin und Bremen besucht. Dort standen Anfang der Woche unter anderem Besuche bei...
A second-half Benjamin Sesko double and a stunning goal from Xavi Simons took RB Leipzig to a 3-0 win at a ten-man Union Berlin on Sunday, the home side’s first loss in the German capital in 18 months. Surprise Champions League participants Union had not lost in the league at home since February 2022, when...
To many Namibians, the idea of a young man from Katutura conducting the country’s first opera in Berlin may seem improbable. But composer Elson Hindundu is that man and ‘Chief Hijangua’ opens at Haus des Rundfunks in the German capital next month. Born of the ambitions Hindundu and his late brother Pasewaje nurtured as children...
NDN Staffer Berlin, Germany, July 19 — A delegation from Namibia Pride, a coalition of organizations working to promote LGBTQIA+ rights in Namibia, will be attending Berlin Pride on Saturday, 22nd of July. The delegation is made up of: Deyoncé Naris, representing The Transgender Intersex Androgynous Movement of Namibia (TIAMON) Hildegard Titus, representing Power Pad...