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Namibian authorities have recently announced the discovery of a large metallic ball which they say fell from the sky and landed in the country’s remote northern grasslands in mid-November. After conducting a number of tests on the mysterious sphere, the baffled Namibian government opted to contact NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) this week. Following their initial examinations of the object, the nation’s police deputy inspector general Vilho Hifindaka stated that the object...
Economics Report Confirms Namibian Seal Watching is Worth 300 Percent More than Seal Hunting BOSTON, Aug. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new comprehensive study on "The Economics of Seal Hunting and Seal Watching in Namibia," commissioned by several international animal welfare organizations, demonstrates that seals are worth far more alive than dead. Comparing the most recent figures available for both industries, the report concludes that the annual Namibian seal slaughter poses a...
Increasing demand for power in Namibia has presented substantial and lucrative investment opportunities for both international and local power industry participants. The donor community and various financial institutions are set to enter the market soon, as there is room for investment in generation, transmission and distribution. These efforts will improve the capacity and efficiency of the power sector in meeting current and future demand. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan...
Text of report by Namibian newspaper The Namibian website on 19 June [Report by Brigitte Weidlich: "Uranium Rush Lands N$6-b Investment for Namibia"] Namibia is set to become home to the world's largest uranium mine with the announcement yesterday by French state-owned energy company Areva that it is injecting US$750 million (about N$6 billion) into a uranium mine at Trekkopje in the Erongo Region. It will surpass the N$3,2 [Namibian dollars] billion investment made in Skorpion Zinc,...
WINDHOEK (Reuters) - The Namibian government said on Thursday it would begin a mass vaccination campaign to combat a deadly polio outbreak after supplies of vaccine are airlifted into the southwestern African nation later this month.Seven people have died and another 27 infected with polio in Namibia in the past month. Namibia's ministry of health plans to begin innoculating people on June 21 using the monovalent Oral Polio Vaccine (mOPV)."The mOPV is currently not available in Namibia...
