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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
Related Topics: European Union

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
Related Topics: Yuri Trutnev,  International Atomic Energy Agency,  Rio Tinto Plc,  Nahas Angula,  Mikhail Fradkov

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
Related Topics: Anglo American plc,  Lev Leviev

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
Related Topics: Masako,  Nelson Mandela

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