The Girl Whose Death is Haunting Namibia

Nine-year-old  Avihe Cheryl Ujaha's mutilated body was found dumped in bushes near Windhoek's Staan Vas location two days after she went missing from her home in Katutura.

  • Namibia:   The Girl Whose Death Haunts the Nation

    Namibian, 10 September 2018

    THE murder of nine-year-old Avihe Cheryl Ujaha did not only anger ordinary people but hardened prisoners as well, who have pleaded with the murderer to surrender. Read more »

  • Namibia:   Emptiness, Fear Engulf Cheryl's School

    New Era, 5 September 2018

    WINDHOEK - Learners at the Gammams Primary School in Khomasdal are in a grip of fear about their own lives, following the gruesome killing of one their own, Cheryl Avihe Ujaha,… Read more »

A FAMILY'S SORROW ... Avihe Cheryl Ujaha's grandmother, Susanna Kaimu (above left), at the Katutura multi-purpose centre on Friday after the march in memory of her grandchild. Mother of deceased nine- year-old Avihe, Pekakarua Sylvia Kaimu (above right), could not hold back her tears as she watched her daughter's casket being lowered into the grave at the Pionierspark Cemetery in Windhoek on Saturday.

The cemetery where Avihe Cheryl Ujaha was buried this morning, just over two weeks after she disappeared and was brutally murdered and dismembered.

The police's forensic investigators at the scene where little Avihe Cheryl Ujaha's body was found yesterday morning.

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