Namibia Primed to Host First-Ever Commonwealth Youth Dialogue

  By: Hee-Dee Walenga   From 4 to 8 August 2025, Namibia will be home to the Commonwealth Youth Council’s (CYC) First Consultative Dialogue. This is after Namibia hosted the first-ever Commonwealth Business Summit in June.   The dialogue will be hosted …

Feature: Hope Farm launched in Namibia to empower women, youth through agriculture

by Xinhua writers Lin Jing, Musa C Kaseke USAKOS, Namibia, July 28 (Xinhua) -- Lena Gauses was all smiles when she received a starter flock of goats and sheep at Hope Farm in Usakos, about 210 km west of the Namibian capital, Windhoek. The Hope Farm …

National Aviary leads nesting efforts to help critically endangered African penguins in Namibia

BW Energy Hires Deepsea Mira Rig for Drilling Ops off Namibia

Jul 28, 2025 DeepSea Mira rig (Credit: Northern Ocean) BW Energy, together with NAMCOR E&P, has contracted the Deepsea Mira semi-submersible rig for the drilling of the Kharas appraisal well on the Kudu license, offshore Namibia. The drilling operation …

Northern Drilling semisub to drill for BW Energy off Namibia

AfricaEuropeOffshore Odfjell Drilling Norway’s BW Energy has chosen to drill its Kharas appraisal well off Namibia using the 2018-built Deepsea Mira, owned by the semisub spin-off of Northern Drilling, Northern Ocean. The rig will work on the well on the …

Namibia beats UAE 86–29

WINNERS: Namibia defeated the UAE 86-29 in their play-off match in Uganda on Saturday, keeping their hopes alive for the 2027 Rugby World Cup. The UAE opened the scoring with an early try, but Namibia quickly found their rhythm, surging to a 39-22 lead by …

N/a’an ku sê Foundation represents Namibia at royal conservation summit

The N/a’an ku sê Foundation has announced that its co-founder Marlice van Vuuren and respected San elder #Oma/Kunta represented Namibia at a summit on indigenous knowledge and conservation in the United Kingdom. Hosted by the King’s Foundation at …

Colonial violence in Namibia

Treaty of Berlin From 1880 onwards, industrialists and major merchants in search of new outlets put pressure on Germany to embark on the “colonial adventure”. It was with the Treaty of Berlin of 1885, which formalized the African possessions of European …

Osona welcomes Miss Namibia 2025 Johanna Swartbooi

Miss Namibia 2025, Johanna Swartbooi, arrived to a warm welcome in the Osona residential area on Saturday. Family, friends, and supporters greeted Swartbooi upon her return from Ongwediva, the site of the pageant. A large crowd of excited Osona residents …

Burger promises better after Namibia book Dubai berth with convincing play-off win over UAE

Jacques Burger promised that his Namibia side “can be so much better” after they booked a place in November’s Final Qualification Tournament in Dubai with a clinical 86-29 win over UAE in the Africa/Asia play-off to keep their dream of an eighth …