European Union Film Festival celebrates year of skills

European Union Film Festival celebrates year of skills

The Delegation of the European Union to Namibia, in partnership with its Member States and the local film industry, officially launched the 2024 European Union Film Festival today (10 September 2024) at the Franco Namibia Cultural Centre in Windhoek. Themed the "Year of Skills," the festival will run every Wednesday night from 18 September to 13 November 2024 at Ster Kinekor Cinema, Maerua Mall, with free admission to […]

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World

Indian election: Narendra Modi hasn’t delivered the expected landslide – where the BJP may have gone wrong

By Thankom Arun, University of Essex Narendra Modi may have led his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to a historic third term, but the landslide victory that many had expected failed to materialise. With half of the 640 million votes counted, Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its political allies were on course to win 290 seats. It’s enough to form […]

June 5, 2024 16

Africa

Davos: Global economists see bright spots in Africa growth prospects

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