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* Lifts overnight curfew, permits contact sports * Country’s economy depends on mining, tourism WINDHOEK, Namibia Sept 17 (Reuters) - The Namibian government said on Thursday it will open up the country for international travel from Sept. 18 as it ends a six-month long state of emergency with the average number of daily coronavirus cases trending downwards. President Hage Geingob, during a media briefing, said the government had considered the economic implications of continuing the restricti...

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Simple but effective   DESPITE receiving good rains and many farmers happily preparing to plant crops, the emergence of a variety of pests is putting the production process under threat.     Percy Misika the executive director of the Ministry of Agriculture Water and Land Reform said that Namibia has been invaded with new invasive species of crop pests and diseases as a result of the severe drought of the past few years.   Crop production is increasingly under threat due to plant pests and ...

1/13/2021 WINDHOEK, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Namibia has been hit by another outbreak of highly contagious foot and mouth disease after the detection of infected cattle in the northern regions of Oshana and Ohangwena, the ministry of agriculture said on Wednesday. The countrys chief veterinary officer Albertina Musilika-Shilongo said the neighbouring regions of Oshikoto, Omusati and Kunene north have been declared disease management areas in attempts to stop the further spread of the outbreak. Moveme...

Namibia's tech-driven effort to bring more Namibians online during the pandemic seems brilliant. But most of Namibia’s historically marginalized native populations have been excluded. 

Kapana business collapse due to FMD   THE most well-known Kapana businesses in northern Namibia have been closed down due to the outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD).   Since the outbreak was first detected late last year, the Oshikoto, Ohangwena, Oshana, Omusati, and Kunene regions have been declared as disease management areas where strict FMD control measures have been instituted.   The measures include a complete restriction on the movement of all live cloven-hoofed animals such as c...

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Human remains identified   THE human remains discovered by a cattle herder in the area of the Omako cattle posts on Sunday were identified to be of 57-year-old Shikongo Wilbard Inekela, a mentally-challenged person that disappeared more than a year ago.   Omusati Regional Commander, Commissioner Titus Shikongo, said that the deceased went missing from the village sometime during December 2019.   According to Shikongo, the discovery was made in the bushes approximately 50 meters from an aband...

By Clifton Movirongo. The Health Minister Hon Dr. Kalumbi Shangula on Wednesday 6 January announced 13 new COVID-19 deaths, as the country’s COVID-19 cases continue to surge. The minister also announced that in the last 24 hrs the country recorded 432 new COVID-19 confirmed cases. The second COVID-19 wave is proving to be more fierce as staggering numbers have been reported in the last two months and of the 13 COVID-19 deaths, 10 people had comorbidities. “Seven are from Windhoek district, ...

COVID deaths still spiking   THE death toll ascribed to COVID-119 in Namibia has increased sharply with a new record number of 13 more fatalities that were reported on Tuesday.   This brings the number of fatalities reported since Sunday to 20 and the cumulative number reported since the start of the pandemic to 235.   The Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr. Kalumbi Shangula announced the deaths of an 81-year-old man, a 44-year-old man, a 36-year-old man, a 52-year-old man, a 90-year...