Some soldiers have been in the NDF for 18 years without getting promoted, a Swapo MP in the National Council alleged this week.

Nearly 300 activists joined leaders yesterday at a rally in front of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, calling on the Bush administration to make protecting the people of Darfur and promoting peace for Sudan the top U.S. priority

Two journalists of the Cameroon Radio and Television, CRTV, were arrested, tortured and humiliated at the Gendarmerie Brigade in the Madagascar neighborhood in Yaounde on May, 18.

As Zimbabwe braces for what many fear will be a bloody run-off election next month, ZANU-PF’s powerful central committee has shifted into top gear to make sure President Robert Mugabe reverses the electoral defeat he suffered on March 29.

This daily press review is compiled by the Information Section of the Public Affairs Office of the American Embassy in Abidjan, CÃ'te d'Ivoire.

Stronger legislation is not an answer to responsive journalism, but on the contrary total freedom is the panacea for professional media practices, Mr Peter Gregg Arnett, International Renowned Journalists stated in Accra on Wednesday.

The 2008 International Media Forum South Africa (IMFSA) that ended yesterday, Thursday, 22 May 2008, in Johannesburg, provided a viable platform for representatives of foreign media to 'clear their names' about allegations flying around that they only focus on Africa's

Namibia's Environmental Management Act is at an advanced stage of being put into practice, as regulations that will be the tools of the Act are about to be completed.

This Day serves as a reminder of the importance of the Earth's biodiversity, and as a wake-up call about the devastating loss we are experiencing as irreplaceable species become extinct at an unprecedented rate.

We are yet confronted with another World Environment Day, 5th of June is a day set aside by the United Nation Environment Programme as a vehicle to sensitize people around the globe on pertinent environmental issues. This global celebration has

The continuing failure to prevent catastrophic deforestation is hampering global efforts to reverse the loss of biodiversity and has become a major threat to forest-dependent people,warned Friends of the Earth International on 'International Biodiversity Day', 22 May.

In carrying out their mission to keep towns clean, the Hygiene and Sanitation Company, HYSACAM has invented a new style to keep the surroundings of the ceremonial ground clean while the ceremony is still going on.

Experts in biological diversity yesterday discussed the challenges of reconciling nature conservation and agricultural practices, all elements necessary for the enhancement of man's wellbeing. Meeting under the patronage of the Ministry of the Environment and Nature production and organised by

AN environmental group is up in arms about a Windhoek City Council decision to allow part of the Avis Dam recreation area to be developed for a hotel and restaurant, despite an alternative spot being proposed for such a facility.

Mass was celebrated at the Vatican on Friday for the repose of the soul of Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, who died on 13 May at the age of 86.

The Catholic priests of the Archdiocese of Pretoria and their archbishop, George Daniel, have called on Catholics and all South Africans of good will to work for an open and welcoming society where every human being is treated justly and

Religious leaders have backed a national campaign to improve the health of children under the age of five.

Have you ever attended an "internet marriage"? By that, I mean a wedding which came as a result of using the World Wide Web to meet a suitable marriage partner. Statistics indicate that internet marriages are en-vogue nowadays. Although many

The voluntary repatriation of Liberian refugees from the region is gaining momentum with 567 persons assisted to return between 7-18 May bringing to 833 the number of those repatriated since the Agency resumed large-scale organized repatriation of Liberian refugees on