Vendors at the Oshikango Open Market have expressed growing dissatisfaction with the Helao Nafidi Town Council, raising serious concerns about their safety while operating at the market.

Amid rising unemployment and tightening police crackdowns, roadside fuel sellers in Oshikango continue to risk arrest as they hustle for survival.

Oshikango, once a thriving economic hub in the Ohangwena Region, is facing a slowdown in trade.

The Ohangwena Region has so far relocated 235 people from the Oshikango and Engela constituencies. These two constituencies are among the most affected by the floods, along with Ohangwena, Ongenga, and Endola.

Massive floodwaters from southern Angola hit northern Namibia on April 1, following heavy rainfall in the neighbouring country.

Five employees of the Ohangwena Regional Council and an employee at the Oshikango Constituency Office have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the theft of drought relief food worth more than N$600,000 from a warehouse in Oshikango. 

The Hospitality Association of Namibia (HAN) has lauded the government for issuing visas on arrival at entry points in the Zambezi Region.

HAN CEO Gitta Paetzold describes the move as the highlight of the year for the tourism industry.

Law enforcement officials in the Ohangwena Region are facing an uphill battle in their efforts to curb the increasing rates of illegal fuel smuggling at the Oshikango border and surrounding villages.

nbc's reporter Ndapanda Shuuya and cameraman Eddy Eneas visited Oshikango.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, has emphasised that trafficking in persons has become a significant global issue, resembling modern-day slavery across the world.

The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) President McHenry Venaani has expressed his disappointment in the government saying that it is failing to find a permanent solution to mitigate the effects of reoccurring floods in the country.