Category: General

The Namibian Police Force (NamPol) has confirmed an accident on the C14 road outside Walvis Bay.

Chief Inspector Ileni Shapumba, Commander of the NamPol Community Policing Unit in Erongo told the media that police in the region received a report of the accident.

‘We have dispatched a team of emergency officials including our investigators, however, we have no communication from the members on the ground as yet as the area has no reception,’ he said.

Shapumba added that there is a report of fatality, although details are still sketchy at this stage.

Source: The Namibia Press Agency

A 54-year-old man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself with a rope at Olumpelengwa village in the Okahao Constituency in the Omusati Region.

The deceased was identified as Petrus Uukongo.

The Namibian Police Force’s Omusati Crime Investigations Coordinator, Moses Simaho, told Nampa on Wednesday that the incident occurred around 07h00 on Tuesday.

According to Simaho, the deceased was allegedly last seen on Monday at about 15h00 at Olumpelengwa location.

‘His lifeless body was then discovered on Tuesday by a relative a small distance from his house, hanging under an acacia tree with a white rope around his neck,’ he said.

He added that no suicide note was left behind.

The body had been transported to Okahao Police mortuary for post-mortem to be conducted.

Police investigations into the matter continue.

Source: The Namibia Press Agency

The Dr. Frans Aupa Indongo Open Market is Oshakati’s busiest venue on Mondays and Fridays.

That is so because the town Council has declared those two weekdays as ‘market days’ for vendors who do not have permanent stalls and who mostly hail from rural areas or as far as Angola.

The open market was constructed at a cost of N.dollar 90 million and was officially opened by the late President Hage Geingob in 2016.

Today, the Oshakati open market has become the economic hub of the Oshana Region, where businesses operate at a different pace and micro-business owners are seen running around every second, making an income for themselves.

Local vendor Emilia Herman told Nampa in an interview that the market days are a good idea as they enable them to not remain idle and go around throughout the week, starting with Mondays in Oshakati, Wednesdays in Oshikuku, Thursdays in Okahao and Fridays in Oshakati again.

However, Herman indicated that the competition factor remains the same, as their Angolan counterparts acco
mpany them everywhere they go, which she says is the main challenge they face.

‘We are vendors at the Oshakati Open Market, selling various items such as flour, fruits, spinach and others. We are supplied most of these products by other vendors from neighboring Angola,’ she said.

She added that they usually buy their stock and they always sell out quickly enough to go back and get more stock on the same day. The competition has tightened and they are losing a lot of customers to their counterparts because their prices are quite cheaper.

Oshakati Mayor Leonard Hango stated that they introduced a two-day open market after they looked at the surrounding villages around the town that grow their horticulture products and livestock, and to cater for about 600 people.

Hango explained that the parking area opposite the Open Market is, for most of the week, a deserted place, but comes to life on Mondays and Fridays, days that are specially designated as ‘market days’.

According to Hango, the parking area also acc
ommodates vendors who have no stalls inside the open market, mostly those from rural areas, or those who have stalls but wish to sell items that differ from what they sell on a regular basis at their stalls.

‘There is no place for people to sell their produce at the open market; that is why we opened for our communities residing within Oshakati and surrounding areas,’ he added

Hango stated that they charge as little as N.dollar 10 for traders to sell their produce on those two days, with the response being overwhelming for them.

He emphasised that they have a policy that guides the use of the two-day open market, which includes no regulation on prices but rather having to put up their own price to meet their customer demands at all times.

Source: The Namibia Press Agency

By Ande Nanja Rene.

The Population of Mbonge Subdivision has celebrated the sudden death of notorious Ambazonia commander, selfstyled General Mad Dog of the Ribbons of Ambazonia.

To the locals, Desmond Koa, popularly known as Mad Dog, has been a menace and terror to the population of Meme and Ndian Divisions.

He was murdered alongside four of his peers by elements of the Repid Intervention Battalion BIR, in Bombele, Mbonge Subdivision, following a Military Invasion of the area on Wednesday April 24, 2024.

Mad Dog recently banned Mondays farming in Meme and Ndian Divisions.

He also recently destroyed and burnt hundreds of National Identification documents of locals and was also accused killing repentant Amba fighter, Mbaku Jean of Kwakwa, late last January this year.

He also murdered a driver plus two passengers in Nganjo in mid-January.

In July last year, Mad Dog brutally murdered two inhabitants of Kombone Bakundu, Mukete Thaddeus and Obie Lyonga, labelling them ‘Blacklegs’.

His corpse will he displa
yed at the Kumba BICEC Junction where government forces have been displaying corpses of deceased Separatists.

Source: Cameroon News Agency

WINDHOEK: The Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism (MEFT) has assured the public that there is currently no need for fear over the hippo situation in the Zambezi Region, since measures are being implemented.

This comes amid concern sparked by reports on Monday of more than 100 hippos stranded in the muddy waters along the Chobe and Linyanti rivers in the Zambezi Region.

MEFT spokesperson, Romeo Muyunda on Tuesday said the measures they are implementing are to ensure that the hippos have enough water to survive until the next flood season.

In 2019, the ministry built a borehole and purchased a generator pump for pumping water into the pond. Since then, this pump and generator have continuously provided assistance whenever there is a need for water.

Muyunda said the ministry earlier this year engaged the wildlife authority for Botswana to jointly intervene in regard to the same situation of the hippos.

The Botswana authority then committed to supply an extra generator and fuel to pump water. Curre
ntly there are two generators pumping water into the pond, he said.

Muyunda stated that there has been improvement in the water level since the two generators started pumping and added that to further improve on the situation, they installed a solar system to pump water during the day, and only pump with the generators at night.

‘With this arrangement, the idea is to provide the hippos with sufficient water to be able to survive until the next flood season and not necessarily to fill up the pond completely,’ he said.

He added that there has not been inflow of water in the pond this year due to poor rainfall patterns.

‘But we are committed to ensuring the survival of the hippos. We will continue to monitor the situation and devise appropriate measures as the situation dictates,’ he said.

Source: The Namibia Press Agency

By Stephen TADAHA with additional information from investiraucameroun

The Bank of Central African State (BEAC) has announced the injection of new coins into the CEMAC subregion between June and September 2024 in response to problems linked to coin shortages within the CEMAC zone. The announcement also stated that the FCFA 200 coin will also be in circulation. This will be the first time that the CEMAC zone will transact with 200 FCFA single coins.

The shortages have been resulting from the exportation of significant quantities of coins to Asian countries where they are used to manufacture other products, mostly pieces of jewelry. The exportation of these coins is carried out by illegal export organizations installed in the subregion. They acquire coins from game houses and other illegal networks, reports have confirmed.

According to reliable sources as revealed by the Investor au Cameroun, the new variety will be larger and will have new denominations, particularly, with the arrival of FCFA 200 coins.

The
new variety of coins will also have some slight blending modifications. The size of the new variety will be similar to the FCFA 50 coins of the 1960s.

The arrival of the new coins according to the same source, will not affect the existing ones. The two varieties will coexist as BEAC has no plans to demonetize the existing coins. To ensure its availability, BEAC also envisages passing the command of significant quantities that will resolve coin shortages in the subregion.

Source: Cameroon News Agency

By Charity Nginyu

Nouvelle Destinée Orphanage, located in the Lendi neighborhood within the Douala Five municipality has called out for help following an invasion of bedbugs on their facility.

According to reports the orphanage has since last year December been besieged by an unwelcome invasion of bed bugs, hindering comfort in the facility initially meant to provide solace and care for its residents.

Ms. Ndzana Solange, manager of the orphanage while talking to Griote shared the harrowing ordeal of their struggle.

She revealed that essential items such as beds, mattresses, and cribs were recently donated to the facility, but they were unfortunately tainted by the presence of bed bugs.

Even after efforts to sanitize and disinfect the donated goods, the resilient pests persisted.

The municipal authorities of Douala Five also at a certain point intervened, attempting to quell the infestation through a targeted spraying campaign. However, their efforts proved to be in vain as the bed bugs stubbornly endure
d.

In light of the said crisis, Ndzana revealed that she found herself compelled to make a difficult decision for the welfare of the orphanage’s 80 occupants, a majority of whom are children, including 12 vulnerable newborns.

With no alternative recourse in sight, she has issued a heartfelt plea to the community, calling on compassionate souls to come to their aid.

Source: Cameroon News Agency