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APP launches its election campaign in Katima
By Staff Reporter All People’s Party (APP) launched its election campaign in Katima Mulilo on Thursday to prepare for the upcoming Presidential and National Assembly elections slated on November 27. Speaking during the launch the national chairperson and a candidate for the party Mr. Linus Muchila emphasised much on some of notorious problems that people…
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New music recording studio now opens in Katima
By Simon Liseli THE newly opened music recording studio in Katima Mulilo has been described as a debut studio that came in town to make a difference in the mighty region. Full Moon music recording studio is owned by Dr.Vincent Mwange who hails from Zambezi region and currently residing in Windhoek. In an exclusive interview…
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Euphoric Occasions – The return of Namibians exiled in Botswana
Dear Editor, Feeling humbled, I had the honour to be in the front row seat to witness the return of the first two batches of Namibian returnees from Botswana. I was invited. I flew from Windhoek to Katima Mulilo. Those were memorable and amazing experiences. Simply, the arrivals of Namibian returnees were euphoric. There were…
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Mafwe Ngambela Lusepani dies
By Staff Reporter NGAMBELA (premier) Hon.Dixon Mubita Lusepani of the Mafwe Traditional Authority has died on Monday morning September 16, 2019. Chief (Litunga) George Simasiku Mamili VII of the Mafwe Royal Establishment has announced the untimely death of the Ngambela. The passing away of Ngambela Lusepani has been a great loss to the entire Mafwe…
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UDP returnees want referendum of Caprivi
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UDP returnees want referendum of Caprivi
By Staff Reporter LONGTIME members of UDP who were once granted refugee status in the neighbouring Botswana in 1998, who have been forcibly deported back to Namibia on Tuesday want referendum on the Caprivi question. Members of the United Democratic Party (UDP) have requested the Namibian government to grant them a referendum to test…
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Sankwasa commends Dukwi returnees
By Simon Liseli Deputy Minister of Works and Transport, James Sankwasa has commended former Namibian refugees who were in exile at Dukwi refugee camp of Botswana for returning back home. Addressing the first group of 85 Caprivian returnees on Tuesday at Katima Mulilo Sports Complex , Sankwasa mentioned that last year (2018) he was part…
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Abandoned former Caprivian refugees in Botswana
On behalf of Caprivian refugees in Dukwi refugee Camp in Botswana, the Caprivi Consultative Committee [CCC] wish to join millions who have already openly denounced and condemned the devilish approach of forceful and inhuman deportation of Caprivian refugees without profoundly examining the facts and factors associated with what made them to be in Botswana. Despite…
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Response to press release by Ramakoka on deportation
This is a response to the press release on the deportation of former Namibian refugees in Botswana by the Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Defence , Justice and Security , Pearl Ramakoka on Sept 12, 2019. We wish to clearly state here and now that children at the school were forced to leave…
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Supreme Court allows broad enforcement of Trump asylum rule
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing nationwide enforcement of a new Trump administration rule that prevents most Central American migrants from seeking asylum in the United States. The justices’ order late Wednesday temporarily undoes a lower court ruling that had blocked the new asylum policy in some states along the southern border. The…
