Zambian MPs call for reciprocal action over Germany visa denial
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Zambia's Members of Parliament want Zambia to reciprocate Germany for denying diplomatic passport holder visas.
Zambia's Members of Parliament want Zambia to reciprocate Germany for denying diplomatic passport holder visas.
A ruling by a full bench of the Windhoek High Court has shifted the trajectory of the legal fight over the 2021 Namibia-Germany joint declaration on the 1904-08 Ovaherero and Nama genocide.
The court has decided not to add Germany as a respondent in the case, at least for the time being.
The German Armed Forces Technical Advisory Groups handed over a mobile command post worth more than N$30 million to the Ministry of Defence and Veterans Affairs.
The mobile command post is a quickly deployable unit to command troops in and out of the area of operation.
Germany has committed N$876 million to projects in Namibia related to sustainable urban development, vocational training, green and sustainable energy, and sustainable natural resources management.
The High Court will deliver its ruling on the 18th of November in the interlocutory matter in which Bernadus Swartbooi wants Germany to be joined to a case in which he seeks a declaration by Namibia and Germany to be nullified.
Namibia and Windhoek will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Berlin-Windhoek sister city partnership this week.
A delegation led by the Mayor of Berlin, Dr. Kai Wegner, is expected in Windhoek on Wednesday.
Five students from the NICHE Training Academy at Walvis Bay are set to gain skills in a green hydrogen exchange programme in Germany.
NICHE Training Academy is a private vocational and technical training institution based in Narraville.
German-speaking Namibians and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Foundation held a dialogue about the joint declaration between Namibia and Germany.
The aim of the dialogue was to exchange and share perspectives and outline their commitment to support reconciliation and reconstruction in the country.
The Office of the Ombudsman has declined to investigate allegations made by Simon Hanga, a 31-year-old Namibian national based in Germany, who is currently detained at the Windhoek Correctional Facility.
The Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs, Frans Kapofi, led Namibia's delegation to the 8th United Nations Peacekeeping Ministerial meeting in Berlin, Germany.