The World Food Programme (WFP) has noted that Namibia's humanitarian and food security situation improved in 2026.
This is despite recurring climate and shock-related hazards, including floods, devastating droughts, and pest infestations.
There are renewed calls for urgent improvements in the distribution of food aid to affected communities in the Zambezi Region, with concerns raised over delays and lack of accountability in the current system.
South Korea, in collaboration with the United Nations World Food Programme, has donated close to 5,000 metric tonnes of rice to support the drought relief programme.
The donation, valued at N$61 million, will be distributed across all 14 regions to vulnerable communities and indigenous groups.
The Zambezi Governor's Office is receiving additional aid from the Red Cross, coordinated through the Office of the Prime Minister in response to ongoing floods.
Governor Dorothy Kabula expressed gratitude for the swift response from the government and stakeholders.
A two-year emergency food support programme targeting over three thousand households has been launched at Farm Ondera in the Guinas Constituency, Oshikoto region.
The United Nations says additional funding is urgently needed to sustain the humanitarian response in Mozambique, where the death toll from severe flooding has risen to more than 145.
The floods have affected more than 510,000 people across central and southern provinces.
The ||Kharas Governor Youth Desk handed over donations to families in Aussenkher affected by the December fire.
The humanitarian initiative aims to provide support to the victims as they begin to rebuild their lives.
A year after flash floods displaced them from their homes, many families relocated to Farm 508 on the outskirts of Windhoek in the Goreangab area say they are still facing severe daily hardships.
The Speaker of the National Assembly has reiterated the call for greater global commitment to humanitarian assistance and the protection of human rights during the just-concluded Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly held in Geneva, Switzerland.
The African Monarch Lodges in Katima Mulilo have come to the rescue of a family of a blind senior citizen at Kongola by settling her loan of about N$41,000.
