President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says Namibia is expanding skills development to prepare its workforce for emerging industries, including green hydrogen and oil and gas.

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah held bilateral talks with UN Secretary-General António Guterres at the UN headquarters in New York as the 81st General Assembly debate gets underway.

Namibia is advancing water diversification, purification, aquifer recharge and seawater desalination under its Sixth National Development Plan.

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah shared the country’s plans while appealing for urgent investment in Africa’s water infrastructure.

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says Namibia’s green transition must respond to immediate youth employment needs while supporting industrial development.

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says restoring trust in the United Nations must remain central to Namibia’s engagement at the 81st General Assembly, as geopolitical tensions continue to threaten global peace and stability.

Namibia is training young people from all 14 regions to seize opportunities in the emerging green hydrogen, oil and gas industries.

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says Namibia’s clean energy transition must deliver jobs, expand electricity access and drive industrial development, rather than focus solely on emissions reduction.

Cuba says economic restrictions are placing severe pressure on its healthcare system, with thousands of patients, including children, waiting for surgery.

India has dismissed Pakistan and China’s reported move to operationalise a joint boundary commission, warning that any arrangement involving Indian territory has no legal basis.

Africa is not relenting in rewriting how the world sees its history, its people and its place in the world.

This year, the continent took two major battles to the United Nations – slavery and the distortion of Africa's true size on world maps.