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FIFTEEN political parties will contest the forthcoming Presidential and National Assembly elections. Of these fifteen, the overwhelming majority of them can't claim to have a constituency that is broadly a reflection of the diversity of our Republic. (AllAfrica)

NAIROBI Thursday, October 08, 2009 (IRIN) - When an earthquake strikes a town, or a building is levelled by an explosion, news footage invariably shows search and rescue teams trawling through the rubble looking for survivors. But what does it take to rescue people trapped under tons of concrete? (irinnews.org)

DAKAR Thursday, October 08, 2009 (IRIN) - A landmine survivor in Senegal’s Casamance region on 6 October used the recent report, ‘Voices from the Ground’, based on a survey of mine victims worldwide, to remind aid agencies, Senegal’s anti-mine agency and the media of victims’ needs and governments’ responsibilities. (irinnews.org)

BANGKOK Monday, October 05, 2009 (IRIN) - Most migrants do not move from developing to developed countries, and when they do, rather than hurting host economies, they benefit them, according to a new report by the UN Development Programme (UNDP). (irinnews.org)

DAKAR Thursday, October 01, 2009 (IRIN) - According to (yet another) new climate change report, this time from development think-tank CGD, these are the 20 cities where the most people will be at the greatest risk from sea level rise and storm surges in the developing world. (irinnews.org)

NAIROBI Wednesday, September 30, 2009 (IRIN) - Africa's orphans will experience a richer, more wholesome childhood if they are raised within a family rather than in a childcare institution, according to speakers at a conference on family-based care for children in Nairobi. (irinnews.org)

NAIROBI Tuesday, September 29, 2009 (IRIN) - Patients at an advanced stage of Human African Trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness, can now access more convenient, safer and cheaper treatment after the introduction of Nifurtimox-Eflornithine Combination Therapy (NECT). (irinnews.org)

NAIROBI Thursday, September 24, 2009 (IRIN) - Donor-backed user fees for health services were supposed to decentralise primary healthcare and provide revenue for essential drugs: instead, advocacy groups charge, they have ended up killing the poor in the developing world. (irinnews.org)

JOHANNESBURG Wednesday, September 23, 2009 (IRIN) - Climate related natural disasters like droughts, hurricanes and floods forced 20 million people - slightly less than the population of Australia - out of their homes in 2008 alone said a new study, making a strong case for regularly monitoring displacement in the context of climate change. (irinnews.org)

JOHANNESBURG Friday, September 18, 2009 (IRIN) - The number of HIV-infected children in southern Africa who survive into adolescence without treatment is greater than previously thought, and will keep increasing for years to come. (irinnews.org)

JOHANNESBURG Thursday, September 10, 2009 (IRIN) - If you haven't seen a female condom lately, you're not alone. More than 15 years after the only female-controlled method to prevent HIV was introduced, it is still largely marginalized and inaccessible. (irinnews.org)

THREE people were killed when a South African-registered aircraft which had taken off from Windhoek's Eros Airport on a flight to southern Angola crashed in the city early yesterday.

Due to high prices paid by large companies for houses, be it to purchase or rent, locals in the medium-income bracket are finding it increasingly more difficult to afford a home in Swakopmund, according to Bank Windhoek's Coastal Estate Agent of the Year, Maureen Hoon of Welwitschia Real Estates.

Diversified resources company Black Fire Minerals has snapped up the Karibib Lithium Pegmatite Project from Australian private company Sunrise Minerals in a deal worth about $455,000. The acquisition will be facilitated via Black Fire purchasing Sunrisea s private Namibian subsidiary Starting Right Investments Ninety Four, which is the holder of ...

Namibia is not only an important market in its own right, it is becoming a strategic platform for regional growth.

The Namibia Public Workers Union has become the sole bargaining agent between the City of Windhoek and its employees.

They are called the "born frees", the children of Namibia's Independence, and they will vote for the first time this month.

Namibia has created an able environment for small and medium enterprises to grow and prosper, however many entrepreneurs do not have access to information, trading facilities and financial services.

GOVERNMENT yesterday condemned the politically motivated violence between Swapo and RDP supporters at Outapi on Sunday.

THE Magistrates' Commission is taking Justice Minister Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana to court to compel her to "do her job" after it accused her of refusing to dismiss a magistrate.

THE Clever Cubs School is a brand new school for 24 San children that opened this month on the N/a' an ku se Wildlife Sanctuary outside Windhoek. (AllAfrica)

IN one of the few political debates to have taken place in the run-up to elections next week, 11 of Namibia's 13 political parties on Monday discussed poverty and inequality. (AllAfrica)

LOCAL golf administrators have received an earful from their main sponsor, MTC, which has demanded to see real transformation taking place in the code. (AllAfrica)

THE Frank Fredericks Foundation (FFF) once again announced several scholarships worth thousands of dollars and brand-new sports equipment to athletes and schools in Namibia. (AllAfrica)

THE names of the three people who were killed when a plane crashed after take-off from Windhoek's Eros Airport on Sunday were released by the Namibian Police yesterday. (AllAfrica)

A BITTER dispute between the widow and the former lawyer of the late German extradition target Hans Jurgen Koch made a return to the High Court this week, with Koch's widow scoring a courtroom win against her late husband's former attorney. (AllAfrica)

ABOUT 132 Namibians who are below the voting age of 18 years have registered as voters and received their cards while some 103 voters registered twice and 12 voters, among them Tobie Aupindi, Managing Director of Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR), registered after the cut-off date, which was September 30. (AllAfrica)

MTC says it has been forced to spend more than N$1 million on replacing stolen and vandalised solar panels. (AllAfrica)

Opperman Aids Orphan Trust's 8th fundraising gala dinner was held earlier this week at the Safari Court Conference Centre with the theme "Our beautiful children, our beautiful country". (AllAfrica)

Oceana, the fishing company with operations in Namibia and South Africa said this week that headline earning per share went up by 18% in the year ended 30 September. (AllAfrica)

Namibia Dairies and the Namibia Farmworkers' Union (NAFWU) have signed a wage agreement through which workers at the Mariental-based SuperFarm will receive 13th cheques coupled with a productivity bonus and flexible working hours. (AllAfrica)