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Although a total of 19 UN personnel lost their lives in Namibia, the two Australian contingents achieved their mission without sustaining any fatalities – one of the few military units in UNTAG to do so. [4] Overall, the UNTAG mission assisted Namibia in transitioning to a democratic government after the racial segregation of the apartheid ...
The Namibia Central Intelligence Service (NCIS) is an agency of the Namibian government. It is responsible for all intelligence services of Namibia and was established in June 1998 through Proclamation 12/1998 which enforced the Namibia Central Intelligence Service Act 10 of 1997. [1] The NCIS is headed by a director general.
In Namibia, she started several initiatives such as the Namibia Women in Computing conference and three chapters of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). [12] [13] One such local chapter is the ACM-W. [13] She further chaired the International Culture and Computer Science Conference in Windhoek in October 2016.
Namibia: On 22 August, the head of the Libyan embassy in Windhoek, Salem Mohamed Krayem, decided to defect from the Gaddafi regime. Namibian officials such as Theo-Ben Gurirab, the Speaker of the National Assembly of Namibia, have made conflicting statements. In March, Gurirab said he supported Gaddafi because "Africans [...] believe in ...
The Namibia Economist is a Namibian newspaper published digitally that focuses on local business and financial topics. It is published exclusively in English. Its editor is Daniel Steinmann. First published in 1991, it appeared as a printed monthly newspaper. The Namibia Economist published its last printed edition on 25 November 2016. [1]
Affirmative Repositioning (AR) is a leftist political movement in Namibia mainly focused on land reform, youth empowerment and social reform.Founded in 2014 by Job Amupanda, Dimbulukeni Nauyoma and George Kambala, the AR uses social media platforms to mobilise residents to apply for erven (small residential land titles) from municipalities.
The NGO Working Group played a critical role in successfully lobbying the Council to hold open sessions on women, peace, and security, consulting with Council members on the resolution, and providing them with applicable information. [5] The 1995 Beijing Platform for Action contained an entire chapter focused on women, peace, and security.
insight Namibia is a monthly journal published in Namibia. The magazine was first published in September 2004. [1] Its headquarters is in Windhoek. [1] It covers current political, economic and social affairs and is owned and edited by Tangeni Amupadhi. [2] insight Namibia is perceived to be critical of government. Its political coverage has ...