AfricaMetro officially signs a media partnership agreement with EnergyNet Ltd
AfricaMetro is pleased to announce that is has officially signed a media partnership agreement with EnergyNet Ltd. AfricaMetro will be the official news outlet for Southern Africa Energy and Infrastructure Summit which takes place from the 4th to the 6th of May 2016 in Maputo, Mozambique About EnergyNet For the last 23 years, EnergyNet has […]
Namibia President Geingob’s Hits and Misses
“During his first year as President,” according to a new report from Namibia’s Institute for Public Policy Research, “Geingob has been saying all the right things from declaring an all-out war on poverty and declaring his assets as a means of promoting transparency and accountability, to providing tangible action [on other issues].” The actual record […]
Four in Five Africans Don’t Want Gay Neighbours
Africans are generally tolerant of people of different ethnic groups and religions – but not of gays and lesbians, according to a new report from Afrobarometer. The continent-wide collaborative group released the report in Maputo on Tuesday. It is based on more than 50,000 interviews with members of the public in 33 countries across the […]
Banning Child and Forced Marriages Is Gaining Traction in Africa
The Zimbabwean Constitutional Court has delivered a landmark decision outlawing all marriages below the age of 18. This includes customary marriages. Predictably, the move generated a great deal of comment and questions. There were even suggestions that the Zimbabwean decision was the first of its kind in Africa. Though inaccurate, the claim legitimately marks the […]
Anger in Namibia As Prophet Shepherd Bushiri Charges People N$110 000 To Sit Close To Him
THE recent visit to Namibia by prophet Shepherd Bushiri has enraged some church leaders who said he just came to make a fortune from vulnerable and desperate people. Bushiri had a crusade at Sam Nujoma Stadium in Windhoek on Friday where more than 20 000 people were estimated to have braved the rain to attend. […]
Charlie Simpson collaborates with African Bushmen to make good music
This is absolutely beautiful… MUST WATCH-Charlie Simpson – Walking With The San Posted by We African Nations on Thursday, January 28, 2016 Former Busted pop sensation Charlie Simpson has introduced an African tribe to pop music. The medicine man is short, wiry and naked except for an animal skin loincloth. He is wide-eyed and seems […]
Messahel in Namibia for African Union Summit On Security Council Reform
Minister of Maghreb Affairs, African Union and Arab League Abdelkader Messahel is to represent the president of the Republic at the summit of African Union Committee of Ten Heads of State and Government on United Nations Security Council reform, to be held on Friday in Windhoek, Namibia, the ministry of Foreign Affairs said Thursday in […]
Namibian Towns at Risk of Running Out of Water
NamWater’s top executive predicts that towns in central Namibia, including Windhoek, will run dry by September 2016 unless the rainy season refills the three main dams supplying these towns. This was revealed by NamWater CEO Vaino Shivute during an in-depth interview with Inside Southern Africa (ISA) about the water shortage challenges Namibia is facing. He […]
Namibian at War, Says President
When Hage Geingob became Namibia’s third president in March, he declared a ‘war on poverty’. Since independence in 1990, the politically stable country has mended the rifts of conflict, held six successful national elections and invested in critical infrastructure. But despite strides in such areas as education and health care, the vast majority of its […]
Chinese Man sentenced to Prison for 10 Years for Rhino Horn Possession
A Chinese businessman was sentenced to 10 years in prison or alternatively pay N$100 000 for the illegal possession of protected wildlife specimen in the Opuwo magistrate court on Monday. The sentence comes after Xu Jin Den, 34, pleaded guilty to a charge of being found in possession of two rhino horns. Magistrate Leena Iyambo […]
