I’m not supposed to cry as a journalist when I am covering stories, but I have been crying a lot lately. Before December, when I travelled on a reporting trip from my home in the Sudanese city of Omdurman – just across the river from the capital, Khartoum – the only people I would see...
Staff Reporter A FAMILY in the Oneshila informal settlement of Oshakati is living in fear of a dead tree falling on top of their residence after members of the town council’s fire and rescue unit declared their inability to remove it. The tree literally hangs above their house after it fell during a downpour last...
WINDHOEK: A 10-year-old boy from Uis died on Monday shortly after he fell sick while herding goats and sheep. The incident, according to Namibian Police Force spokesperson, Inspector Raimbert Muronga, was reported to the police on Tuesday. Muronga said 10-year-old Rujeni Gowaseb, his older brother and one of their cousins were tending to the livestock...
Global supllies of grains are expected to improve in 2023-24 due to record-level production of wheat, maize and rice. Global wheat production is expected to reach a record high, driven by Argentina’s recovery from the significant drought, near-record production in Canada, and large anticipated harvests in China, the European Union and India. A record-high global...
Staff Reporter A 63-year-old resident of Onaanda village in the Uuvudhiya constituency of the Oshana Region died instantly after falling off a tractor Saturday evening. According to the police, the accident occurred in Oshaanda shaAmutenya village. It is alleged that the deceased, Tobias Shikongo, was a passenger on a tractor driven by an unlicensed driver....
Staff Reporter A tragic incident occurred in Karibib when a 39-year-old man, identified as Ronnie Rodney //Hoëbeb, lost his life after falling asleep on the train tracks and being run over by a passing train. According to the Erongo Regional Police, the incident took place on July 10, 2023, at approximately 02:27. The location of...