The World Health Organization (WHO) says it is supporting 16 African nations in preparing for listeriosis outbreaks since South Africa’s began – and is now threatening other countries on the continent. Nearly 200 South Africans have died since January 2017 as a result of contaminated meat products that are popular…
Authorities in Namibia confirmed that a magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck the country Wednesday morning in the northern part of the southwestern African nation. The Geological Survey of Namibia, part of the Ministry of Mines and Energy, confirmed the shaking was a quake, with seismic data picked up by three network…
Concerns over listeria contamination in South Africa have spilled into neighboring Namibia, where the operator of the country’s Pick n Pay stores announced Monday it was removing products tied to the outbreak from its shelves. “We believe that the impact of the recall on the Namibian market is not as…
A budget crisis in Namibia has forced the suspension of all international travel for ministers and elected officials through the end of February. It’s the latest announcement from President Hage Geingob as the southwestern African nation tightens up on government spending. “This directive is specifically in the interest of curtailing…
Bience Gawanas of Namibia has been named by United Nations Secretary General António Guterres as Special Adviser on Africa, a decision welcomed by the African Union (AU) on Tuesday. “Africa will be well served and we look forward to working with Ms Gawanas and the rest of the United Nations…
A telecommunications company in Namibia is mounting an aggressive campaign after a leaked email, allegedly from one employee to another, reflected racist attitudes at the firm. Barney Harmse, the CEO of the Paratus Group, held a press conference in Windhoek to explain the company’s role in Namibia and deny that…
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) held an emergency meeting in Botswana Thursday to focus on the crisis in Zimbabwe, subsequently issuing a statement expressing their concern over “the unconstitutional removal of democratically elected governments.” Representatives of Angola, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia met to consider the unfolding situation in…
The global reaction to political developments in Zimbabwe surrounding President Robert Mugabe has been led by Africans urging calm in resolving the political crisis. In Zimbabwe, #thisflag movement leader and pastor Evan Mawarire – at times in tears – published a video and issued a statement Wednesday that called for…
The World Health Organization issued new guidelines on Tuesday for antibiotic use in food-producing animals, and points to Namibia as a successful model for raising livestock without them. The new guidelines are part of an overall effort to combat the rise of antibiotic resistance, since food animals are a key…
Peacekeeping troops are headed for Lesotho ahead of a November 1 deadline set by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) for a 1,000-strong force to assist in stabilizing the small kingdom. The SADC peacekeepers include 250 members of the Namibian Defence Force, according to the country’s international relations minister. Netumbo…
Facebook users were hit with a global service failure early Wednesday evening, with reports of outages from Egypt and European countries alongside those from wide swaths of Asia and North America. The outage began shortly after 5 p.m. in Cairo, with Facebook as well as Instagram users affected. As users…
Two Namibian firms doing business with North Korea have fallen under new sanctions imposed by Japan, as tensions with Pyongyang have escalated in recent months. Those tensions reached new heights on Tuesday after North Korea launched a missile that flew over Japanese territory at Hokkaido, landing in the Pacific Ocean…
The City of Cape Town’s water woes continue, with supply in the dam system still at critical levels – but it’s not the only city in southwest Africa to struggle with water usage during the ongoing drought. In Namibia, despite the fact that the city of Windhoek had seen improvement,…
An aftershock earthquake that measured 5.0 magnitude on the Richter scale hit Botswana shortly before 3 a.m. Wednesday morning, according to the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC). The United States Geological Survey (USGS) also measured the quake at a 5.0 magnitude, with an epicenter in the same location as Monday night’s…
The strong earthquake that hit Botswana on Monday night registered at a 6.5 magnitude on the Richter scale, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The quake struck shortly before 8 p.m. near Moiyabana in the rural east-central Ghanzi region of the country. The European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC)…