Day: May 10, 2023

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Ethiopia, Pakistan Discuss Ways to Further Strengthen Relations

State Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, Ambassador Mesganu Arga meets Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in Karachi today.

During their discussion, Ambassador Mesganu mentioned the ongoing progress of the two countries’ diplomatic and economic relations since Ethiopia opened its embassy in Islamabad a year ago.

The State Minister reaffirmed the Ethiopian Government’s commitment to strengthen and diversify the two countries’ bilateral relations.

Pakistan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, expressed his appreciation for Ethiopian Airlines’ new direct flight to Karachi, which stands as a symbol of growing friendly ties between the two countries.

He also underlined his country’s interest in cooperating with Ethiopia on mutual regional and global issues.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the two officials also exchanged views on various bilateral issues to further strengthen historical relations between Ethiopia and Pakistan.

A high-level Ethiopian Government business delegation has taken part in the Ethiopia-Pakistan business summit, which was held yesterday in Karachi.

The delegation traveled today to Islamabad, the capital city of Pakistan, for business and diplomatic activities.

Ethiopian Airlines has launched direct flight on Monday between Addis Ababa and Karachi.

The resumption of the flights will connect Ethiopia with South East Asia and also highlights the strengthening of the bilateral relationship between Pakistan and Ethiopia.

Source: Ethiopian News Agency

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Yaounde: man killed for urinating in public

A business man was killed on Sunday May 7 at the Nkolmesseng Neighborhood in Yaounde for urinating in the wrong place.

The man whose name we got as Sylvester Banfila Nfonbuwi, who hails from Njoungo quarter in Lasin village, Noni subdivision was hit with a stick by a man who claims he urinated on his land.

According to Mr Denis, Coordinator of all the Njoungo people in Yaounde, it is heartbreaking that someone would be killed for answering the call of nature in a place where there was no signboard to indicate that no one should urinate there.

“It is disheartening to know that Cameroon has become so unsafe that someone will be killed for the mere fact that he urinated in a place, supposedly a wrong one. We have reported to the security and they have gone to the scene and picked a couple of people and are questioning them. They are yet to tell us what they have learned,” he said.

“There should be sensitization of the population so they avoid taking the laws into their hands. This is a case of jungle justice. I believe that even if it’s in a case where you have a signboard and someone violates, the person should be arrested and pay a fine but not be killed. We should learn to value one another,” he continued.

The Coordinator went further to reprimand the Yaounde General Hospital staff for neglecting the young man who was believed to be alive when he was rushed to the hospital.

“Another thing I want to complain about is the negligence of this hospital. I strongly believe this boy was still alive when he was brought here. After 4-5 hours of the incident he was still bleeding and no one checked on him since he was brought here.”

Investigations are ongoing.

Source: Cameroon News Agency

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Team Namibia arrives in Italy for Jesolo Grand Prix

Namibian athletes and their management team arrived in Italy on Monday night for the fourth round of the World Para Athletics (WPA) Grand Prix that will be held in the city of Jesolo, Italy.

The fourth round of the WPA Grand Prix will be held from 12 to 14 May 2023 at the Armando Picchi Stadium.

From February to May this year, four cities around the world welcomed Para-athletes as they celebrated the 10th anniversary of the WPA Grand Prix. At the fifth Grand Prix of the year, Team Namibia will be represented by nine athletes and five guides over the three days of competition.

Speaking to Nampa on Tuesday, the team’s Chef de Mission for the games Jean-Paul Schmidt who is the treasurer for the Namibia Paralympic Committee (NPC), said coming to Europe is meant to prepare athletes well ahead of the World Championships.

“As a body that wants to grow, we are happy to see all our athletes ranked in the top 10 in their respective categories made the trip. Our goal is to compete with the best in the world and improve the number of slot allocations to us as a country ahead of the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games,” he said.

Schmidt added that the NPC hopes for all its athletes to be at their best during the 2023 International Paralympic Committee World Athletics Championships in France.

“The team has arrived in Italy but there are still small logistics that we are dealing with back at home. I am hopeful that come competition day everything would have been sorted out and our athletes will be winning silverware for us in Italy before we proceed to Notwil, Switzerland for our last Grand Prix before the World Champs,” Schmidt said.

Namibian athletes who travelled with the team are T11 male sprinters, Ananias Shikongo, Kinda Chris, and Alfredo Bernado, T11 female sprinter Lahja Ishitile, and T12 sprinter Lahja Ipinge, T13 sprinter Johannes Nambala, T47 sprinter Bradley Murere, T37 sprinter Petrus Karuli, and T64 sprinter Denzel Namene.

The athletes are accompanied by guides Even Tjiuiju, Hatango Murere, Kelvin Goagoseb, Philipus Paulus and Sem Shimanda.

The management team consists of Schmidt, team manager Michael Hamukwaya, Ruan Mocke (physiotherapist), Letu Hamhola (head coach) and Naomi Schmidt (assistant coach).

Source: Namibia Press Agency

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Sampofu new ambassador to Austria

President Hage Geingob has appointed Vasco Sampofu as the new Ambassador of Namibia to Austria.

Sampofu who is replacing Ambassador Nada Kruger was commissioned on Wednesday at State House after serving as Counsellor at the Namibian High Commission in South Africa.

Speaking at the commissioning ceremony Geingob said he has entrusted Sampofu to promote and protect Namibia’s national interests above all ends, noting, especially with the envisioned green hydrogen sector and the discovery of oil in Namibia which present investment and economic opportunities.

“The national interests of Namibia and the wellbeing of its people should be at the forefront of all your activities. I expect Namibia to gain more trading partners from Austria,” said Geingob.

The Head of State further charged Sampofu with serving all Namibian nationals in Austria with utmost courtesy.

Source: Namibia Press Agency

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Mbumba also noted that conservancies are now benefiting 245 000 people in various regions.

Vice President Nangolo Mbumba said human-wildlife conflict (HWC) should not be the responsibility of the government and the line ministry alone but that of everyone.

Mbumba at the commencement of a three-day National Conference on Human-Wildlife Conflict Management here yesterday said human-wildlife conflict is complex and thus requires multidimensional solutions.

“The impact of this conflict on people and their property is a difficult challenge that conservation agencies and institutions such as the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism are facing,” he said.

He noted that innovative approaches are being considered to reduce the level of HWC to ensure that the benefits of conservation far outweigh the cost and to build on the significant successes already achieved.

Mbumba also noted that conservancies are now benefiting 245 000 people in various regions.

He thus called upon the national conference to review and discuss progress, challenges, and opportunities in the implementation of this policy so that they may have specific resolutions and actions to implement specific preventative, protective, and mitigative strategies for HWC management.

Source: Namibia Press Agency