A 16-year-old boy, Imran Ali Deyvali, reportedly committed suicide over the weekend at Nkurenkuru.

He was discovered hanging from a tree near Nkurenkuru Elcin Hospital.

The police said Deyvali used a belt to take his life.

Before the proclamation of Kavango West as a separate region in 2013, the region had been dependent on Kavango East for some government services.

Even though Kavango West is rich in various cultures and traditions, the Heritage Council of Namibia says there are no official registered heritage sites in the region. 

The council is now calling on local residents to nominate sites of heritage significance. 

The Governor of Kavango West, Sirkka Ausiku, says that even though the region is faced with many developmental challenges, they are not impossible to achieve. 

Ausiku emphasised that focus and persistence are all that are needed to address the region's difficulties. 

The Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Erastus Uutoni, urged local authorities to refrain from collecting debt from their clients via third-party enforcers and rather educate residents on their services and their responsibilities to ensure such services remain available.

The residents of the Germany Informal Settlement at Kahenge Village in Kavango West are calling on the town council to resolve a conflict among residents sharing neighbouring plots.

The Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism has called on rural communities to be creative and partake in the tourism sector.

This was stated during the celebration of World Tourism Day at Nkurenkuru.

More than 500 young people from the Kavango West Region have been recruited as casual workers to clear a 20-hectare plot belonging to the Ministry of Sport, Youth, and National Services (MSYNS) at Nkurenkuru.

Kavango West remains the only region without proper sports facilities.