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The credibility of the world's "blood diamond" monitoring group has been damaged after its failure this week to suspend Zimbabwe despite overwhelming evidence of serious human rights abuses and smuggling in the Marange diamond fields in eastern Zimbabwe, Human Rights Watch said today.

In light of serious concerns about Zimbabwe's compliance with the Kimberley Process rough diamond certification scheme, we await full and expeditious implementation of the stringent controls for exports of rough diamonds from Zimbabwe's Marange fields that were agreed at the KP Plenary in Swakopmund, Namibia, on November 5. The United States ...

PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba has likened the European Union's trade negotiations with Namibia to the days of apartheid, saying the powerhouse is refusing to treat the country as an equal and listen to its concerns about the controversial economic partnership agreement .

A four day workshop on 'Country led governance assessments: sharing experiences and increasing political accountability' was held in Windhoek this week. (AllAfrica)

The Agricultural Bank of Namibia (Agribank) has implemented the Software Application Programme (SAP) and Enterprise Resource Program (ERP) aimed at improving client service delivery. (AllAfrica)

The word "Women" in Women Action for Development (WAD) has always labelled this non-governmental organisation an exclusive female entity. (AllAfrica)

Kalahari Minerals plc, the AIM listed mining exploration and evaluation group with a portfolio of uranium, gold and base metal interests in Namibia has began trading on the Namibian Stock Exchange. (AllAfrica)

The Erongo region has been experiencing a uranium boom due to increases in the price of uranium over the past few years. (AllAfrica)

The Welwitschias arrived in Portugal this week and are ready to conquer the Iberian Peninsula on Saturday, 7 November when they face off against the Portuguese. (AllAfrica)

As if it was not hard enough competing with a full squad, the Namibian invitational cricket team playing in the Cricket South Africa Provincial Competition has to do it without five experienced players. (AllAfrica)

The Namibia Stock Exchange shared in the strong global growth since 2003, with the overall index increasing from 259 at the end of March 2003, to peak at 1034 on 11 October 2007. (AllAfrica)

In March 2005 the City of Windhoek officially opened a library in the the Greenwell Matongo area of Katutura. (AllAfrica)

THE owner of the Punyu Goup of Companies, Jairus Shikale, also known as Punyu, will be buried at his home village of Etilyasa in the Omusati Region on Saturday. (AllAfrica)

THE five men who have been on trial in the High Court for the past month in connection with the murder of a professional hunter during an alleged poaching excursion in the Outjo area near the end of 2006 are set to get an idea of their fate at the start of December. (AllAfrica)

PROFESSIONAL golfers from all around the world are expected to descend on Swakopmund this weekend to make a serious bid for the N$1 million prize money on offer at the MTC-NPGA Championship. (AllAfrica)

DEVELOPMENT, regeneration and investment in Namibia and its regions continue to be the basis for Tungeni Investment's vision, mission and success, the company says. (AllAfrica)

NAMPOWER yesterday introduced the four contractors who will be responsible for delivering and installing the fourth turbine and generator for the Ruacana hydropower plant on the Kunene River. (AllAfrica)

RIOT insurance company, Nasria (National Special Risks Insurance Association), yesterday staged a rally along Independence Avenue in Windhoek, with the message 'What if a rally becomes a riot - are you insured?' (AllAfrica)

AN alleged extortion attempt against the embattled treasurer of the Outjo Municipality, Dawid Koen, has landed three suspects behind bars. (AllAfrica)

THREE Henties Bay town councillors and the town's CEO were arrested by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday afternoon. (AllAfrica)

THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has seized the computer of Namibia's Petroleum Commissioner, Immanuel Mulunga, following a fight over the shareholding in an exclusive exploration licence (EPL) for coal methane gas involving Usuta Imbili, daughter of the Founding President, businessman Sacky Nujoma and Mntu Nduvane, former managing director of Total Namibia. (AllAfrica)

THE battle for political control of the northern regions between Swapo and the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) is intensifying, with the RDP now claiming that its organisers were driven out of Okahao in the Omusati Region by hordes of schoolchildren on Wednesday. (AllAfrica)

THE Namibian Stock Exchange (NSX) might get the help of the Financial Times and London Stock Exchange (FTSE) to limit the local bourse's over-exposure to certain listings in volatile times like the recent global financial crisis. (AllAfrica)

EVER since Jeremy's eviction on Sunday, Emma has been looking more stressed and forlorn but during her diary room session yesterday, she told Biggie that she misses him a lot. (AllAfrica)

THE Anti-Corruption Commission has seized the computer of Namibia's Petroleum Commissioner, Immanuel Mulunga, following a fight over the shareholding in an exclusive exploration licence for coal methane gas involving Usuta Imbili, daughter of the Founding President, businessman Sacky Nujoma and Mntu Nduvane, former managing director of Total ...

ZIMBABWE has placed the blame for not complying with the principles of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme on the global diamond trade regulator itself, saying the watchdog has reneged on technical assistance to the country.

THE desert scenery east of Goanikontes in the Namib Desert would be irreversibly destroyed by a new uranium mine and the 'sense of place' lost forever, experts who undertook an environmental impact assessment for the new Etango uranium mine have warned.

AS members of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme convene in Swakopmund today for a Plenary Meeting that will last until Thursday, various human rights groups calling for the suspension of Zimbabwe from the scheme have dismissed the KPCS as a failure.

A LARGE crowd of shocked health workers flocked to the Nurses' Home at the Central State Hospital yesterday as news of a colleague's murder spread.

AN attempt by the Congress of Democrats and Rally for Democracy and Progress to get the High Court to order the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation to provide equal free airtime to political parties' campaign messages backfired on Friday, when the NBC instead decided to cancel the free election broadcasts altogether.

Calls for an international ban on Zimbabwe's diamond sales are set to dominate this week's meeting of the global body set up to prevent trade in "blood diamonds", in a key test for the regulatory regime.