The Latest Breaking News from Namibia

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Marc Pritzen and Anri Greeff take second behind the solo victors in first running of Namibian event as a UCI World Championships qualifier

Namibia celebrates 26 August as Heroes’ Day. It recalls the first military encounter between the South African army and members of the South West Africa People’s Organisation (Swapo), Namibia’s liberation movement, in 1966. Initially a German colony (1884-1915), the country was then administered by South Africa, which refused to give…

The genocide of Namibia’s Ovaherero and Nama people by German colonial forces (1904-1907) is widely documented. But much less is made of what came next – the genocide of the country’s Bushmen, also known as the San.

GPS tracking and high-resolution satellite images are helping humans coexist with endangered elephants in western Namibia.

A top Pentagon official for Africa warned that Mexican cartels have begun consolidating connections impacting the security of the region, especially in countries like Angola and Namibia

Wildlife photographer involved in making Flight of the Snow Geese and other films for ITV’s Survival series

In East Africa, politicians and civil society members are increasingly alarmed by political arrests, as opposition figure Tundu Lissu remains imprisoned in Tanzania, facing the death penalty in a trial that continues to be repeatedly postponed. In this week's Spotlight on Africa podcast, we hear from Robert Amsterdam, legal counsel…

An aerial safari is a wonderful way to understand one of the most remote places on our planet, says Sarah Marshall

Event commemorates estimated 75,000 Herero and Nama people killed under German colonial rule

Germany has acknowledged early 1900s genocide of Herero and Nama people, but reparations remain elusive.