DIPLOMATS EXPLORE PEOPLE-CENTRED URBAN GOVERNANCE IN SHANGHAI

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The "Explore People-Centred Cities: China Governance Global Engagement" programme is underway in Shanghai, bringing together diplomatic envoys to exchange experiences on urban governance and development.

Namibia is among the participating countries represented by Ambassador to China Tonata Itenge-Emvula.

GERMANY URGES ICJ TO DISMISS NICARAGUA CASE

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Germany urged the International Court of Justice on Monday to throw out Nicaragua's case accusing Berlin of breaching the Genocide Convention through its support and arms exports to Israel. 

TANZANIAN PRESIDENT'S HUSBAND BURIED IN ZANZIBAR

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The husband of Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan, Hafidh Ameir Hassan, was buried in Zanzibar's Kizimkazi on Monday, just hours after his death at a hospital on the island.

Hassan's burial was according to Islamic rites, and mourners included senior government, political and religious figures.

AFRICA CHALLENGES HISTORICAL DISTORTIONS

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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.

SANCHEZ REFUSES TO SPECULATE ON CEUTA MIGRATION

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez refused to enter the 'realm of speculations' over possible foreign involvement in the mass migration surge into Ceuta, speaking in Congress in Madrid on Thursday.

HICHILEMA SWORN IN FOR SECOND PRESIDENTIAL TERM

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Zambia's President-elect Hakainde Hichilema has been sworn in for his second term as the country's president. 

Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah joined several other African heads of state to witness the inauguration ceremony.

TRANS-KALAHARI RAILWAY TO CREATE OVER 40 000 JOBS

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The planned 1,617-kilometre railway line that will connect the port of Walvis Bay and Gaborone has got the potential of creating 40,000 jobs.

Botswana's President Duma Boko made this revelation in an interview with journalists in Gaborone following the 46th SADC Summit in Durban.