Placido Hilukilwa SMUGGLERS of cheaper Angolan fuel are causing irreparable damage to the Namibian economy. They harm not only businesses in the energy sector but also deprive the state, the Road Fund Administration (RFA), and the Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) Fund of vital earnings, and contribute to the unemployment rate by forcing fuel stations to...
A 70-year-old woman has been killed and 17 other people injured in what police say was a terrorist attack in Israel. Two Palestinians from the occupied West Bank have been arrested over the incident in Raanana, about 20km (12.5 miles) north of Tel Aviv. The suspects allegedly switched between three stolen vehicles and ran over...
Douglas Yates, American Graduate School in Paris (AGS) Gabon’s president Ali Bongo Ondimba (2009-present) recently announced his intention to stand for re-election in the country’s presidential poll scheduled for 26 August. He is, to state the obvious, expected to win. Ali Bongo, son of former president Omar Bongo who ruled the country from 1967 to...