President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says Namibia has entered 2026 with clear foreign policy objectives.
She says the country is determined to ensure that its international relations translate into tangible partnerships that promote trade and economic growth.
The Minister of International Relations and Trade (MIRT) called on the Namibia Association of Former Ambassadors (NAFA) to find more effective ways of supporting them in managing Namibia's foreign policy to advance the country's national interests.
Namibia hopes that countries of the Global South will stand together for the people of Venezuela.
Minister of International Relations and Trade Selma Ashipala-Musavyi made the remarks during a joint press conference in Moscow, Russia, with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
Renowned Pan-Africanist Patrick Lumumba says the United States' foreign policy is increasingly displaying contradictions that reflect a power struggling to define its role in a changing global order.
The Minister of International Relations and Trade (MIRT) says engagements in the latter part of 2025 continued to strengthen Namibia's relations with sovereign states.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has emphasised that merging the trade function with international relations was a deliberate move to ensure Namibia fully leverages economic diplomacy through its foreign policy.
The National Assembly has unanimously adopted a motion calling on the United States of America to lift its long-standing economic, financial and commercial blockade against Cuba and remove the Caribbean nation from the list of alleged state sponsors of terrorism.
The European Union Commission has announced the bloc's intention to suspend financial aid to Israel over its war in Gaza.
The Commission's President Ursula von der Leyen made the announcement during the State of the Union address at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on Wednesday.
South Sudan has refuted reports suggesting that it is in talks with Israel to resettle Palestinians there.
The reports started circulating after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced plans for a military takeoverof Gaza City in his country's war with Hamas.
The Namibian government has expressed deep concern over Israel’s plan to take control of Gaza City.
The plan was recently approved by the Israeli Cabinet, as announced by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The plan has since drawn wide criticism from the international community.
