‘People think they’ll smell but they don’t’: building homes from mushroom waste and weeds
Fangs and toilet seat-shaped head: giant salamander-like fossil found in Namibia
June 2024
Namibia high court overturns law banning gay sex
Victory for LGBTQ+ campaigners who say ban contributes to discrimination and violence by police
May 2024
Call for port extension to be halted as genocide remains are found on Namibia’s Shark Island
Researchers say more bodies of Herero and Nama people from early 20th century concentration camp could be in waters around port
February 2024
Hage Geingob, Namibia’s president, dies aged 82 after cancer treatment
First prime minister after independence from South Africa went on to become third president in 2014 and won re-election in 2019
September 2023
African leaders at odds over climate plans as crucial Nairobi summit opens
Oil-producing African nations have argued they should be able to use fossil fuel resources for economic growth
August 2023
African penguins could be extinct by 2035, campaigners say
Population has declined dramatically due to overfishing and environmental changes in the Indian Ocean
July 2023
The age of extinction
Driven out by decades of conflict, native giraffes make a return to Angola
China, Myanmar and now Darfur ... the horror of genocide is here again
Simon Tisdall
June 2023
Rights and freedom
‘Glimmer of light’ in the fight for LGBTQ+ equality in Namibia
Two families are celebrating a supreme court victory that will allow them to stay together, and offers hope in the ongoing battle for rights across Africa
April 2023
UN representatives criticise Germany over reparations for colonial crimes in Namibia
Rapporteurs also chastise the German and Namibian governments for excluding Herero and Nama minorities from talks dealing with the mass murder of their ancestors
March 2023
‘Most are unaware’: film highlights Germany’s genocidal past in Namibia
Director hopes to educate Germans about ‘brutal’ colonial history of mass killings in early 20th century
February 2023
Descendants of Namibia’s genocide victims call on Germany to ‘stop hiding’
The Herero and Nama peoples, killed in their thousands between 1904 and 1908, seek direct talks on measures to atone for the crime
December 2022
Campaigners celebrate changing of colonial street names in Berlin
Street and square in north-east of city renamed in tribute to figureheads who resisted forced rule in Africa
September 2022
Other lives
Jane Katjavivi obituary
India reintroduces cheetahs to wild after big cats airlifted from Namibia
July 2022
Wild cheetahs to return to India for first time since 1952
Officials announce eight cats will be brought from Namibia in effort to reintroduce animal to its former habitat
March 2022
Hunger forces thousands to cross from Angola into Namibia – in pictures
The worst drought in 40 years has devastated crops and killed livestock across southern Angola and sent food prices soaring. The threat of famine is forcing thousands of people across the border into Namibia
July 2021
Other lives
Jeremy Silvester obituary
Other lives: Academic and museum director determined to map the traces of Namibia’s history and return them to the country he loved
June 2021
New oilfield in African wilderness threatens lives of 130,000 elephants
Exploratory project in Botswana and Namibia is threat to ecosystems, local communities and wildlife, conservationists say
