October 22

  • Namibia: New Law Endangers Democracy [analysis]

    No one could accuse Namibia's leading human rights institution, the Legal Assistance Centre (LAC), of being sensationalist. So when it warns that the Namibian government is poised... Read more »



September 24



September 10



September 3



August 28



July 31

  • Namibia: They Took My Choice Away

    In a landmark judgment, the High Court in Windhoek has ruled that the Namibian government had coercively sterilised three HIV positive women in violation of their basic rights... Read more »



July 30



June 26

  • Namibia: Major Award for Namibian Conservation [analysis]

    The awarding of the International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (CIC) Markhor Award for outstanding conservation performance to the Namibian Ministry of Environment... Read more »



June 22

  • Namibia: Rethinking Indigenous Education [analysis]

    The statistics relating to San children in Namibia and education are shocking. Only 67 percent of San children in the country enrol in school. And only 1 percent of those children... Read more »



April 20



February 29



February 28

  • Namibia: Indigenous Himba Take Fight to the UN [analysis]

    The Namibian government can usually ignore the demands of indigenous groups - safe in the knowledge that their voices will seldom be heard. And even if they are that the groups are... Read more »



February 24

  • Namibia: Tribal Powder Keg [analysis]

    The ripples caused by the 'tribalist' remarks made by a Namibian Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister are spreading - a clear sign that, despite the usual calm surface,... Read more »

  • Africa: Should Stop Teaching in English? [analysis]

    At Independence, Namibia chose English as its main natitional language although it had no history of English as a colonial language and few citizens who spoke it as their first... Read more »



February 7



November 16, 2011

  • Namibia: Funds for HIV/Aids Running Dry

    Namibia has one of the highest rates of HIV and AIDS in the world and has enjoyed generous and critical donor support for its efforts to tackle the pandemic. But no longer.... Read more »



November 8, 2011

  • Namibia: Bones of Contention [analysis]

    In October, the skulls of a few of the Namibian victims of the 1904-1908 German colonial genocide were finally returned home. To some it represents the symbolic closure of a tragic... Read more »



September 7, 2011

  • Namibia: Time to End Forced Sterilisation [analysis]

    The World Medical Association (WMA) and the International Federation of Health and Human Rights Organisations (IFHHRO) have condemned the practice of forced and coerced... Read more »



August 3, 2011

  • Namibia: Namibia Women's Health Network [analysis]

    Namibia Women's Health Network (NWHN) is a organisation of women living with HIV created by 14 women that participated in the Parliamentarians for Women's Health project in 2005 to... Read more »

  • Africa: Know Your Sexual And Reproductive Rights [analysis]

    The main goal of this project is to support the Namibia Women's Health Network's in responding to the sexual and reproductive rights abuses of women living with HIV in Namibia - by... Read more »



July 29, 2011



July 27, 2011

  • Namibia: San Community Faces Eviction [press release]

    A Khwe community living in Namibia's Western Caprivi region has been threatened by the Namibian police with unlawful eviction from the houses they occupy. They currently live in... Read more »



July 22, 2011

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