Between January 2019 and June 2022, UNESCO documented 759 individual attacks on journalists, including five murders, during 89 elections in 70 countries.

The Rundu Annual Trade Fair officially kicked off, attracting 114 companies and individuals, compared to 103 exhibitors last year.

Exhibitors came from all corners of the country as well as from Tanzania.

Some of them are taking part for the first time.

The Vice-Treasurer of the Namibia National Farmers Union (NNFU) says farmers in the Northern Communal Area (NCA) are struggling to access drought relief for their livestock.

A West African researcher, Dr. Caroline Da Costa, says media coalitions in West Africa tend to be ad hoc in nature, limiting their effectiveness in addressing issues journalists face in the region.

The National Democratic Party's (NDP) Simasiku Mukendwa has finally been sworn in as a councillor in the Katima Mulilo Town Council.

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Natural Resources and that of Economics and Public Administration have advised the Namibian Marine Phosphate Company to be patient while waiting for its Environmental Clearance Certificate (ECC).
 

The Minister of Finance and Public Enterprises, Iipumbu Shiimi, unveiled the financial adjustments during the presentation of the N$4.8 billion 2023–2024 Appropriation Bill.

An additional budget of N$643 million will go towards the drought relief programme under the Office of the Prime Minister.

A rainstorm demolished the shacks of several families in Rundu's Ndama Sewer and Tumweneni Informal neighbourhoods, leaving them homeless.
 
Some families in Rundu are left picking up the pieces after a rainstorm caused havoc.

The increasing rate of crime in the Kavango East Region, particularly in Rundu, is concerning.

The police and community members therefore met to discuss how they could tackle this problem.

Governor of Kavango East, Bonifatius Wakudumo, says he is disturbed by the increased levels of crime.

The nbc Keetmanshoop Contribution Centre's radio studio is back on air.

This follows the upgrading of the contribution centre to allow the live broadcast of radio news and programmes from there.