The Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Emma Theofelus, has reiterated the government's efforts to provide access to ICT services in rural areas.
Theofelus stated that the government and its stakeholders have been working to make ICT services accessible in remote areas.
The Oshikoto Region has experienced significant damage to homes and mahangu fields due to heavy rain and flooding from neighboring Angola.
According to Oshikoto Governor Sacky Kathindi, the constituencies of Oniipa, Olukonda, Omuntele, and Onayena have been particularly hard hit.
The manager of Ondera Farm in the Oshikoto Region says he is disappointed with the performance of the yield this year.
President Nangolo Mbumba attended his final sermon as head of state at his Olukonda ELCIN congregation in the Oshikoto Region.
With only a few days left before handing over to President-elect Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, who will be sworn in on March 21, the church was filled to capacity.
The Office of the Prime Minister continued distributing drought food relief this week to residents of the Oshikoto Region.
A 31-year-old man succumbed to his injuries after he was struck with a wine bottle during an argument at a bar at Onathinge village in the Oshikoto Region on Sunday.
On Friday, residents of Ohangwena, parts of the Oshikoto region, and surrounding areas gathered at the Eenhana Sport Stadium to honour the late founding President, Sam Nujoma.
The Prime Minister's office has rejected claims that the distribution of drought relief rice to the Oshikoto Region was influenced by tribal factors.
There is a shortage in the number of rice bags to be distributed in the region compared to the needy households identified.
The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) has confirmed that 1,485 households out of the 28,485 Oshikoto Region drought beneficiary households, will not receive a 50kg bag of rice as the region only received 27,000 bags.
The newly elected Councillor for the Guinas Constituency in the Oshikoto Region, Moses Khumub, has expressed condolences on the passing of Founding President Sam Nujoma.
The councillor says he met Nujoma while in primary school in Tsintsabis after independence.
