The Omaheke Region to date has 3800 HIV-positive people.
Speaking during a Regional Aids Coordinating Committee workshop at Gobabis, the Regional HIV Clinical Mentor, Dr Francois Lumbala, says through coordination and stakeholders' engagement, the region can greatly reduce HIV/AIDS among communities.
The Ministry of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare in the Kavango East Region is inundated with cases of child marriages and rape involving children as young as 13.
Senior Social Worker Aurelia Mukundu says child marriage is fueled by harmful cultural practices and poverty.
A programme aimed at equipping community members with firefighting skills will take place at Walvis Bay in the Erongo Region next week.
Namibia's two Olympians, Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi, united to promote food nutrition in schools and communities.
Residents of Divundu Village in the Kavango East Region who were relocated by the settlement committee and the council to pave the way for development are at loggerheads with the council over the non-payment of compensation fees.
The long-awaited Constituency Development Fund Bill will soon be tabled in the National Assembly.
The proposed legislation, which was approved by the National Council and referred to the National Assembly seven years ago, is aimed at empowering constituencies with financial resources.
The launch of the National Indoor Residual Spraying Campaign underway in the Okongo constituency, Ohangwena Region, started with a march to mobilise, sensitise and raise awareness among communities on malaria prevention.
The South African High Commission observed a night of song and dance to pay homage to women and their role in society, particularly during the liberation struggle from apartheid rule.
After sustaining a spinal cord injury while on duty in 2019, 29-year-old wheelchair-bound Emmanuel Ndumba is still waiting for a wheelchair-friendly house and caretaker from the Omaruru Municipality.
He was previously employed by the municipality before he was injured on the job.
In six months' time, close to 700 plots will be ready for occupation at Farm 37 on the outskirts of Walvis Bay, Erongo Region.
The Mayor of Walvis Bay, Trevino Forbes, and other local authority councillors held community meetings to update residents about ongoing projects.
