Bank of Namibia warns public about Global Green Network

Bank of Namibia warns public about Global Green Network

The Bank of Namibia has warned the public about Global Green Network after finding that it broke the Banking Institutions Act, of 1998. The investigation showed that the company was involved in illegal financial activities. As a result, the Bank advises people to stop dealing with Global Green Network immediately. BoN’s Strategic Communications Practitioner, Josefina Oskar.

September 18, 2024 31

World

Greek coastguard blamed for migrant deaths

The Greek coastguard has caused the deaths of dozens of migrants in the Mediterranean over three years, witnesses say, including nine who were deliberately thrown into the water. The nine, according to the BBC, are among more than 40 people alleged to have died as a result of being forced out of Greek territorial waters, or taken back out to sea after reaching Greek islands. The Greek coastguard told BBC […]

June 17, 2024 27

Environment

Report links H&M and Zara to major environmental damage in biodiverse Cerrado

A report by U.K. investigative NGO Earthsight links supply chains of fashion giants H&M and Zara to large-scale illegal deforestation, land-grabbing, violence and corruption in Brazil. The country’s Cerrado region, home to a third of Brazil’s species, has already lost half of its vegetation to large-scale agriculture and is under increasing pressure from a booming cotton industry. The two major producers linked to illicit activities, SLC Agrícola and Grupo Horita, […]

April 23, 2024 18

Business / Economics

South Africa is to shut down captive lion farms. Experts warn the plan needs a deadline

By Neil D’Cruze, University of Oxford; Angie Elwin, Manchester Metropolitan University, and Jennah Green, Manchester Metropolitan University The South African government has officially confirmed that captive lion farms will be shut down. A new ministerial task team report just released has cemented the government’s intention, first made public in 2021, to put an end to African lions being legally sold and traded live, both internationally and domestically. […]

April 8, 2024 16

Lifestyle

Migrating animals face collapsing numbers – major new UN report

By Joseph Ogutu, University of Hohenheim The world’s travelling animals – marine turtles, whales, sharks, elephants, reptiles, wild cats, birds, and even insects – have entered a period of sharp decline, new research has found. The first ever State of the World’s Migratory Species report, released today by the United Nations Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, showed that the conservation status of […]

February 13, 2024 33

Namibia

Nghoshi urges youth to refrain from illegal activities

Erongo Regional Youth Forum Chairperson, Serron Nghoshi, has called on the youth in the region to refrain from indulging in illegal activities that will result in them ending up on the wrong side of the law, especially during the festive season. Nghoshi, in a festive season message availed to Nampa, urged the youth to rather focus on being responsible and respectable and to identify the opportunities that are being […]

December 12, 2023 9