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    Omanyano ovanhu koikundaneki yomalungula kashili paveta, Commisiner Sakaria takunghilile Veronika Haulenga

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World

UN warns Syrian refugees facing ‘desperate conditions’

  The United Nations is warning more than 125,000 Syrian refugees are facing "desperate conditions" as they return to their home country. The UN's refugee agency U.N.H.C.R says many people have arrived back in Syria following last month's fall of the Assad regime. But families find themselves with little shelter and few economic prospects. From New York, Sally Patterson reports:  

today10 January, 2025 21

Africa

Davos: Global economists see bright spots in Africa growth prospects

By Conrad Onyango, bird story agency Top economists agree that Africa's economic prospects for 2024 are positive, as small countries sparkle in the face of sluggish global growth projections. Chief economists from the World Economic Forum, World Bank and United Nations project Africa’s economy will defy the impacts of weak investments, debt crises, inflation, tight financial conditions and extreme weather patterns to record an improvement over 2023. A strong majority […]

today19 January, 2024 34

Local

Trustco plans to raise NAD 2.4 billion from shareholders to tap into Namibia’s economic potential.

    Trustco Group Holdings Limited is concluding pivotal transactions with key shareholders that underscore confidence in Namibia's bright economic prospects and Trustco's time tested capabilities to channel investment into high-growth areas. First, Trustco and United States fund Riskowitz Value Fund LP (RVF) will enter into an option to make a cash investment of up to NAD 950 million into Trustco, entrenching RVF as a key anchor foreign investor. The […]

today16 January, 2024 26

Opinion Pieces

South Africa’s new plan to end power cuts is seriously flawed. Here’s why

  By Hartmut Winkler, University of Johannesburg South Africa experienced unprecedented electricity shortages in 2023 as ageing coal plants became increasingly prone to breakdowns. The country urgently needs to develop new electricity generation facilities and reduce reliance on coal power. In the first week of 2024, the South African energy minister, Gwede Mantashe, released a proposed roadmap for the future of electricity in South Africa. Unfortunately, the draft Integrated Resource […]

today11 January, 2024 8