Namibia

Rhino poaching surges 93 percent in Namibia
Authorities say 87 rhinos were killed last year compared with 45 in 2021, most poached from the country’s largest park.
Published On 31 Jan 2023
Namibia pulls down statue of German colonial officer
The statue of Curt von Francois, seen as a symbol of colonial oppression, was removed following pressure from activists.
Published On 23 Nov 2022
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Reckoning with the 20th century’s first genocide in Namibia
German abuses of the Herero and Nama were the 20th century’s first genocide, a harbinger of the Nazis’ WWII Holocaust.
Published On 6 Nov 2022
India welcomes back cheetahs, 70 years after local extinction
Arrival of eight big cats coincides with the 72nd birthday of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Published On 17 Sep 2022

Thousands of Benin Bronzes are scattered around European museums after being looted by the British in the 19th century.

Namibia, home to the power plant, currently imports more than a third of its power from neighbouring South Africa.

The first batch of eight wild cats to arrive at a wildlife sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh state next month, officials said.

Priceless artefacts taken from Cameroon, Namibia and Tanzania during colonial times will be returned, Germany says.

The environment ministry says 11 black rhinos were recently killed and their horns removed.

President Ramaphosa is at the centre of an international scandal involving the theft of $4m from his game farm.

There have been two major oil finds in the southern African country this year.

Namibia’s relaxation of the rules comes amid declining COVID-19 infection rates.

Namibia’s president discusses the recent discovery of an estimated one billion barrels of oil off his country’s coast.

Thousands have undertaken the dangerous trek to neighbouring Namibia in search of food and water.

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