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DEVELOPMENT-NAMIBIA: Land Reform Reaping Fruits Despite Problems

DEVELOPMENT-NAMIBIA: WINDHOEK, Nov 12 (IPS) - Almost two decades after independence Namibias land reform shows positive results and is guided by fair laws, but bureaucracy, slow progress in transformation of land ownership and unclear ...

From BRIGITTE WEIDLICH, Inter Press Service,  12 Nov 2008

ECONOMY: Increased Nuclear Energy Demand Boosts Namibia

ECONOMY: WINDHOEK, Sep 9 (IPS) - The worldwide scramble for energy sources due to dwindling fossil fuel reserves has placed renewed emphasis on nuclear energy as solution for future needs. As a result, Namibia in south-western Africa is ...

From BRIGITTE WEIDLICH, Inter Press Service,  9 Sep 2008

NAMIBIA-ECONOMY: Plans Afoot as Diamonds Dwindle after 100 years

NAMIBIA-ECONOMY: WINDHOEK, Aug 30 (IPS) - Namibias once rich diamond deposits are dwindling after a century of exploitation, forcing miners to look for the hard stones offshore while the countrys fledgling cutting and polishing sector ...

From BRIGITTE WEIDLICH, Inter Press Service,  30 Aug 2008

TRADE-NAMIBIA: Setback to EPZ Policy as Large Investor Leaves

TRADE-NAMIBIA: WINDHOEK, March 10 (IPS) - The Namibian government plans to stay the course with export processing zones (EPZ) despite one of the largest of the foreign investors, Malaysian textile company Ramatex, deciding last week to ...

From BRIGITTE WEIDLICH, Inter Press Service,  10 Mar 2008

TRADE: EPA Damages Regional Cooperation in Southern Africa

TRADE: WINDHOEK, February 15 (IPS) - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) should engage in serious discussions to prevent the economic partnership agreement (EPA) with the European Union from destroying its regional ...

From BRIGITTE WEIDLICH, Inter Press Service,  15 Feb 2008

CHALLENGES 2007-2008: Namibia Happy With EPA Deal -- For Now

CHALLENGES 2007-2008: WINDHOEK, Jan 23 (IPS) - Namibia held out longer than the majority of its counterparts in Southern Africa before signing the interim economic partnership agreement (EPA) with the European Union, managing in the ...

From BRIGITTE WEIDLICH, Inter Press Service,  23 Jan 2008

Southern Africa's Bushmen face lifestyle threat

They roamed the savannahs and open plains for thousands of years, but the hunter-gatherer lifestyle of Southern Africa's San tribes is slowly being squeezed towards extinction. About 30 000 San remain in Namibia, with the Haikom and Juhoansi the ...

From BRIGITTE WEIDLICH, Mail & Guardian Online,  14 Oct 2007

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