VLADIVOSTOK, Nov. 2 — Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that he expects Western sanctions against Russia to be intensified and that his country needs to be ready for acts of sabotage on vital infrastructure. Speaking at a meeting with the heads of economic departments, Putin said that Russia’s economy is developing stably despite...
Cubans and friends of Cuba in Namibia are not giving up hope to see sanctions imposed on that country by the US more than 60 years ago lifted. The embargo comprises a set of economic and trade restrictions that prohibit most trade and financial transactions between the two countries. It further imposes restrictions on travel...
The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) said it has adopted a holistic approach to determine a roadmap for the release of spectrum for the period 2022 to 2024. This was designed to provide licensees with regulatory certainty on the available spectrum for assignment to facilitate the rollout of telecommunications networks, and implementation of emerging...
Reuters reports that the European Union ambassadors agreed on a framework of sanctions that will be used to target key actors in Sudan’s war and impose asset freezes and travel bans. War broke out in Sudan in April this year between the army, led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who ousted longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir...
TEHRAN, Sept. 20 — Iran on Tuesday criticized the United States for imposing new sanctions on Iranian individuals and entities, including media outlets, calling the move a “trite bid” to suppress transparency and truth. Iranian government spokesman Ali Bahadori Jahromi said that the sanctions demonstrate Washington’s “fear for the reality to be shown by truth-seeking...
Vice President Nangolo Mbumba has also called on the international community, particularly members of the G77 plus China bloc, to stand in solidarity against western powers that enforce unfair and unilateral sanctions against developing countries. Such sanctions, Mbumba says, are a hindrance to economic and social development. “Namibia therefore calls for an end to the...
President Hage Geingob has expressed his dissatisfaction with the sanctions imposed by the United States (US) on Cuba, labelling them as severe and lacking in compassion. During the recent state visit of Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez to Namibia, Geingob said the ongoing economic blockade has hindered essential resources from reaching the people of Cuba,...
Staff Reporter President Hage Geingob once again spoke out against the sanctions imposed on Cuba by the United States of America (USA). “For how long can this continue? I am a man of peace, and I think and I say, one makes peace with enemies, not peace with friends. When are we going to achieve...