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

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Business / Economics

Trustco Group Aims to Become First Namibian Company Listed on Nasdaq

  Trustco Group Holdings Limited has officially applied to list its ordinary shares on the Nasdaq Stock Market. The application, submitted on 11 November, is part of the company’s plans to directly list its shares on Nasdaq, alongside its existing listings on the Namibian Stock Exchange and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. If successful, Trustco will make history as the first Namibian company to be listed on Nasdaq. Trustco's Neville Basson: […]

todayNovember 13, 2024 18

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World

Five things to know about the Northern Mariana Islands

        WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is headed to Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands to plead guilty in a deal with US authorities that will leave him a free man. Here are five things to know about the US territory in the Western Pacific: Surrounded by the vast Pacific Ocean, the Northern Mariana Islands is a tiny, remote outpost of the world's largest economy. Its closest large […]

todayJune 25, 2024 25

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Health / Medical

Caesarean births: South Africa’s rates are too high – they can be dangerous for mothers and babies

      By Priya Soma-Pillay, University of Pretoria and Andre Van Niekerk, University of Pretoria   A caesarean section is an important surgical intervention that can save the lives of mother and baby. Caesarean sections are essential in complicated labours such as prolonged or obstructed labour or if the baby is distressed. The World Health Organization says that while “every effort should be made to provide a caesarean section […]

todayMay 7, 2024 24

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South Africa

How the Mandela myth helped win the battle for democracy in South Africa

  By Jonny Steinberg, Yale University   Political history scholar Jonny Steinberg’s 2023 book Winnie & Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage is a double biography of South Africa’s most famous political figures – Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela Mandela – and their role in the country’s struggle for democracy. It’s also a book that shatters countless myths about the couple and the liberation struggle that have been formed in popular […]

todayApril 29, 2024 21

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Africa

Tunisia’s El Kef city is rich in heritage: centuries of cultural mixing give it a distinct identity

    By Majdi Faleh, Nottingham Trent University; Asma Gharbi, Université de Carthage, and Nourchen Ben Fatma, Université de Carthage   El Kef is a city built into the southern face of Jebel Dyr mountain, which is linked to the High Atlas mountains in the north-western region of Tunisia that borders on Algeria. The breeze that sweeps off the mountain and through the city’s streets offers relief from the hot […]

todayApril 9, 2024 30

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Africa

What are Sabaki languages? How people formed ethnic groups along the coast of east Africa

    By Daren Ray, Brigham Young University     A new book called Ethnicity, Identity and Conceptualizing Community in Indian Ocean East Africa tracks the history of the coastal communities of east Africa and how the Sabaki family of Bantu languages was formed, shaped in part by the sea and the arrival of visitors from other shores and within the continent. We asked historian Daren Ray to tell us […]

todayFebruary 20, 2024 24

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Africa

Sudan Armed Forces are on a path to self-destruction – risking state collapse

    By Harry Verhoeven, Columbia University   It is now 10 months since the outbreak of civil war in Sudan in April 2023, pitting the Sudan Armed Forces against the Rapid Support Forces, a powerful paramilitary group. The war, which erupted after relations between the two wings of Sudan’s security apparatus broke down, rapidly spread beyond the capital, Khartoum. More recently, the Sudan Armed Forces have suffered numerous setbacks […]

todayFebruary 20, 2024 12

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Sport

Paris 2024: the Olympic and Paralympic medals have been revealed

    In a few short months, the next Olympic Games will begin and the athletes now know the reward they will receive if they make it onto the podium. On Thursday 8 February, the Olympic and Paralympic medals were unveiled. And, whether they are gold, silver or bronze, they will all contain a very special piece of metal that was once part of the Eiffel Tower. The secret behind […]

todayFebruary 14, 2024 19

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Health / Medical

The royals have historically been tight-lipped about their health – but that never stopped the gossip

    By Lisa J. Hackett, University of New England; Huw Nolan, University of New England, and Jo Coghlan, University of New England   King Charles III has been diagnosed with cancer. This is an unexpected announcement: it is unusual for the royal family to release details of medical conditions to the public. “Don’t let the daylight in” was how British essayist Walter Bagehot advised the British monarchy to deal […]

todayFebruary 6, 2024 15

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