Namibia: Osire refugees sell relief food
Source: New EraCountry: NamibiaOKONDJATU – The police in Okondjatu seized 30 bags of maize meal meant as relief food, from refugees at Osire camp who were on a truck en route to Otjinene and...
View ArticleNamibia: Heavy rains bring new risks… fears that farm fields are being damaged
Source: New EraCountry: NamibiaBy Nuusita AshipalaONGWEDIVA – Heavy rains received in some parts of Omusati Region have raised mixed feelings among farmers with some fearing they might effect a...
View ArticleNamibia: Kabbe on early flood alert
Source: New EraCountry: NamibiaBy Albertina NakaleWINDHOEK- Residents of flood-prone Kabbe are warned to prepare for a possible early flood as the Zambezi River continues to rise above normal levels...
View ArticleNamibia: Livestock deaths reported in Kunene
Source: New EraCountry: NamibiaWINDHOEK – Some communal farmers in Kunene are likely to lose animals they solely depend on for their livelihoods, as the drought takes its toll on livestock in some...
View ArticleNamibia: Dry spell far worse than imagined
Source: New EraCountry: NamibiaONDANGWA – The drought of 2015 is far worse than anything imagined by livestock and crop farmers in the Northern Communal Areas(NCAs).The situation should be seen as an...
View ArticleNamibia: Drought forces communal crop farmers to become shoppers
Source: New EraCountry: NamibiaONGELA – Anna Tukwafa Shonghela, Namibia Conservation Agriculture Project (NCAP) Coordinator, has only been working in this capacity for one year, but she is a formidable...
View ArticleNamibia: Price of lucern, fodder rises sharply as drought worsens
Source: New EraCountry: NamibiaWINDHOEK – The price of lucern has gone through the roof as Namibian farmers are queuing up countrywide in search of fodder for their animals with the drought of 2015 now...
View ArticleNamibia: Kavango farmers devastated by outcome of maize, mahanu
Source: New EraCountry: NamibiaRUNDU – Mahangu and maize fields in the Kavango West region are a sore sight for the eye. The majority of the subsistence farming crop fields along the Rundu – Nkurenkuru...
View ArticleNamibia: Huge food donation from Nigeria … for drought-stricken Namibia
Source: New EraCountry: Namibia, NigeriaWINDHOEK – The Federal Government of Nigeria last week donated 300 tonnes of rice, 700 tonnes of maize and three tonnes of fish fillets to Namibia as part of a...
View ArticleNamibia: 28 000 need drought relief
Source: New EraCountry: Namibiaby New Era Staff ReporterRUACANA – Following low rainfall received this year, Ruacana Constituency councillor Absta Iipinge says many people have started flocking to his...
View ArticleNamibia: PM announces N$300 million drought package
Source: New EraCountry: NamibiaWINDHOEK – Government has availed N$300 million to implement interim drought measures while the final drought assessment report is being concluded.Prime Minister Saara...
View ArticleNamibia: AGRA and farmers tackle drought
Source: New EraCountry: NamibiaWINDHOEK – Rangeland management is the first step for livestock farming in all farming setups in Namibia. Agra ProVision hosted two training courses on “managing...
View ArticleNamibia: 417 944 receive drought food
Source: New EraCountry: NamibiaThe Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister, Nangula Mbako, last Friday announced that the government is busy distributing food to drought-hit...
View ArticleNamibia: Ovahimba severely affected by drought
Source: New EraCountry: NamibiaDrought in the Kunene Region has not spared the Ovahimba people, who are forced to abandon their villages with high hopes of finding greener pastures in Opuwo. However,...
View ArticleNamibia: Kavango East gets lion’s share of drought relief
Source: New EraCountry: NamibiaKavango East region is the biggest recipient of maize with 7 500 12.5 kilogramme (kg) bags of maize and 1 800 25 kg bags of rice according to the government’s recently...
View ArticleNamibia: Premier advises against sale of drought relief food
Source: New EraCountry: NamibiaPrime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila last week asked those who received drought relief food to stop selling the food.Kuugongelwa-Amadhila made the remarks when she...
View ArticleNamibia: Drought reaches crisis proportions
Source: New EraCountry: NamibiaOngwedivaGrazing and livelihoods have rapidly deteriorated as the dry spell worsens in many parts of northern Namibia.People and livestock in especially Ohangwena,...
View ArticleNamibia: Refugees need school feeding scheme
Source: New EraCountry: Angola, NamibiaOsireThe management of Osire Secondary School has appealed to the government to introduce a school feeding programme at Osire refugee centre to minimize...
View ArticleNamibia: Oshakati donates houses to flood victims
Source: New EraCountry: NamibiaOshakatiOshakati Town Council has donated 292 residential plots at Ekuku to flood victims.So far, 104 of the 292 plots have been reserved for people who were relocated...
View ArticleNamibia: Namibia: Dukwe refugees come to verify own safety
Source: New EraCountry: Botswana, NamibiaKatima MuliloAs the December 31, 2015, deadline set by Namibia and Botswana for the voluntary repatriation of Namibian refugees in Botswana looms, Namibia has...
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