April 2025 – Page 95 – Future Media News

Hope for vulnerable communities vanishes with Project Hope Namibia’s closure

By: Hertha Ekandjo Project Hope Namibia project has announced that they are shutting down. A leading global health and humanitarian organization with over 65 years of experience and over 1,000 workers, Project Hope operates in more than 25 countries across five continents. About 600 jobs have gone down with the closure, and thousands of gender-based violence victims, as well as those living with HIV, will be affected. Orphans who relied […]

4 April, 2025

Business / Economics

U.S. tariffs threaten Namibia’s key industries

Namibia is among the many countries affected by the latest tariff announcement from the United States, which has imposed a 21% tariff on Namibian exports. The move, part of the Trump administration's broader reciprocal tariff package, aims to balance trade deficits with over 180 countries. Namibia's main exports to the U.S. include diamonds, building stones, fish fillets, beef, and charcoal—industries now facing increased costs and potential declines in trade volumes. […]

4 April, 2025

Uncategorized

Windhoek urges families to maintain relatives’ graves

By Ludorf Iyambo The City of Windhoek says families should maintain their relatives' graves and memorial structures. This includes any necessary repairs, beautification efforts such as planting flowers, and general cleaning of the gravesite. This comes after the recent heavy rains destroyed several graves at the Gammams cemetery in Windhoek. City of Windhoek spokesperson Lydia Amutenya says families should visit cemeteries to assess if there is any necessary repairs needed […]

4 April, 2025

Local

Oshana starts distributing relief food to flood victims

The Oshana Regional Council commenced distributing relief food to communities affected by floods in Ompundja, Uuvudhiya, and Okatyali. The Namibia Defence Force's helicopter is helping transport the drought relief to areas cut off by the floods. Oshana governor Elia Irimari, who joined the team in dispatching the food, says they will first ensure that all the needed food as per the government drought relief programs is distributed to the allocated […]

4 April, 2025

Oshiwambo

Ounona veli 3 vakwatwapo noku dipawa koluvadi moshitopolwa sha Kavango west

Ounona veli 3 kamwe kena omido 4, 5 no 13 okwa ova xulifa konima eshi taku lopotwa vakwatwa kokashelu momukunda Katenture, tauhangwa moshitopolwa sha Kavango East. Oo eli Commander wopolifi elilepo oshitopolwa omo mwaningilwa oshiningwanima, Commissioner Andreas Haingura okwa koleka oshiningwanima koikundaneki tati oshiponga oshaloka metitatu. Okwati okanona ko kakadona komido 10, oko yoo kali pamwe na vakwao ovo vakwatwapo koluvadi koo okaxupa noka twalwa koshipangelo sha Andara oko […]

4 April, 2025

Oshiwambo

Namibia adimbuluka efiku lo TB mounyuni

Omunambelewa omukulunhu elilepo oshikondo shouhaku moshitopolwa sha Zambezi Woita Kapumburu, okwati onghalo yomukifi wo malaria ota yeende no kuya pombada moshitopolwa okudja pehovelo la March. Kapumburu edi okwe dipopila komudingonoko wa Nakabolelwa,ta haungwa moshikadjo hoololo sha Kabbe South, omo mwadimbulukilwa efiku lomukifi wo TB onghela. Kapumburu okwati omuvalu wovanhu vedulife po 2,000 ohava lopotwa vaningwa oihakanwa oshivike keshe moshitopolwa osho tati ota sheetififfa omalimbililo. Okwati fiyo opapa ovanhu vedulife […]

4 April, 2025

APO International

Eritrea : Vocational Training for College Students

The Sawa and Higher Education Institution branch of the National Union of Eritrean Youth and Students provided three months of vocational training to 123 students from Mai-Nefhi College of Engineering and Technology. Mr. Filmon Mel’akle, head of the union branch at the college, reported that 52 students received training in graphics, while 49 students were trained in solar system installation. Dr. Habteab Tsige, head of the Mining Department at the […]

3 April, 2025

APO International

New taskforce set to combat sexual and gender-based violence in Jonglei

Significant efforts are being made to combat the sexual and gender-based violence that perseveres in plaguing mostly women and girls in South Sudan. In another bid to put an end to these harmful practices, Jonglei State has launched a taskforce set to coordinate all actions taken to tackle them. The objective of the new body is to equip relevant authorities and other stakeholders with the tools and strategies needed to […]

3 April, 2025

APO International

Eritrea : World Autism Awareness Day Observance

World Autism Awareness Day was observed on 2 April in the Anseba Region. The objective of the observance was to enhance public understanding of the challenges faced by individuals with autism, and thereby help them become beneficiaries of the opportunities available. Speaking at the event, Ms. Genet Habte, Chairperson of the National Association of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in the region, stated that autism is a complex disability that is […]

3 April, 2025