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V.I. AIDS expert heading to Africa --
Windhoek :: Namibia | 1 day ago
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Thomas STD/HIV/TB clinic and will be leaving the territory on Saturday for Namibia, a country in southwest Africa between Angola and South Africa. She will be working for a program out of the University of Washington's Department of Global Health, teaching...
Tags: Dr. Gayann Hall, V.I. Health Department, Sub-Saharan Africa, South Africa, hiv medical, sexually transmitted, transmitted disease, Community Health Clinic, tb clinic, Sometimes Health, Namibia, Windhoek, AIDS denialism, AIDS, Virology, HIV, HIV/AIDS in the People's Republic of China, HIV/AIDS, Immunodeficiency, Sexually transmitted diseases and infections, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues
Winners and Losers in Africa
Windhoek :: Namibia | 2 days ago
Credibility N amibia’s election is still four days away, but the ruling party is already boasting of victory...The results of the advance voting (by diplomats and seafarers) have already been released in the national media...The next highest party was given a meagre...
Tags: mobile phones, SWAPO party, Namibian Broadcasting Corp., ruling parties, opposition parties, advance voting, Namibia, Windhoek, Constituencies of Namibia, United Nations Transition Assistance Group, Erasmus Hendjala, South West Africa People's Organization, SWAPO, Socialist International, Politics
Fig wasps travel further than any other insect
Windhoek :: Namibia | 2 days ago
Credibility At just 1.5mm in size, the fig wasp is easily missed. But new research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals it is a world champion among insects . The previous longest recorded distance for an insect transporting pollen...
Tags: fig wasp, Stephen Compton, Namibia, Windhoek, Chalcidoidea, Plant morphology, Wasp, Common fig, Ficus, Pollinators, Accessory fruit, Environment
Safari with a difference
Windhoek :: Namibia | 4 days ago
Credibility A conservation project gives Kevin Rushby a glimpse of Africa rarely seen. After dark we sit around the campfire listening to the sounds of the Namibian bush. An owl calls, then comes the pulsating thrum of a nightjar, plus all the insects and the unidentifiable...
Tags: African, bush, Julia, East Caprivi, Mudumu National Park, Namibia, Caprivi Strip, Windhoek, Cuando River, Lion, Hyena, Scavengers, Caprivi Region, Kingdom Hearts characters
Wake-up call for Swapo
Windhoek :: Namibia | 5 days ago
Credibility Namibian voters go to the polls next weekend for national and presidential elections from which a new official opposition is expected to emerge. At the same time the politics of the belly will see the ruling Swapo party hang on to power, albeit with less...
Tags: Swapo Party, Hifikepunye Pohamba, Sam Nujoma, RDP, Hidipo Hamutenya, opposition parties, University of Namibia, Electoral Commission of Namibia, official opposition, Jesaya Nyamu, Namibia, Windhoek, SWAPO, Rally for Democracy and Progress, Ovambo people, South West Africa People's Organization, Politics
China helped privileged Namibia youths
Beijing :: China | 5 days ago
Credibility The Chinese government offered scholarships to the children of nine powerful officials in Namibia instead of those truly in need of aid, officials said. Norman Tjombe, director of the non-profit Legal Assistance Center, said the general public in the...
Tags: China Helps, Namibia, China, Beijing, Hifikepunye Pohamba, SWAPO, Scholarship, Outline of Namibia, South West Africa People's Organization, Republics, Foreign relations of Namibia, Sam Nujoma, Politics
New study finds Pistorius gets boost from Cheetahs
Windhoek :: Namibia | 6 days ago
Credibility The prosthetic legs of double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius give the South African a 10-second advantage over a 400-meter race, according to a new study. Human performance researchers Peter Weyand of Southern Methodist University and Matthew Bundle...
Tags: Oscar Pistorius, Namibia, Windhoek, Prosthesis, Amputation, Artificial limb, Cheetah, Medical equipment, Prosthetics, Implants, Paralympic Games, allnews
Africa: Governance Reviews Gather Pace But Face Challenges
Windhoek :: Namibia | 9 days ago
Credibility African Peer Review - A Progress Update Steven Gruzd 16 November 2009 Seven years after it was established at the inaugural African Union (AU) Summit in Durban in July 2002, how has the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) – the continent’s voluntary...
Tags: Namibia, Windhoek, Development, African Union, New Partnership for Africa's Development, African Peer Review Mechanism
Godsell not returning to Eskom
Windhoek :: Namibia | 9 days ago
Credibility Bobby Godsell has confirmed his resignation as chairperson of Eskom with Public Enterprises Minister Barbara Hogan, he said in a statement on Monday. "During this last week the Eskom board has been able to act decisively," he said. "Government, particularly...
Tags: Bobby Godsell, Eskom, Barbara Hogan, south african, Namibia, Windhoek, Politics, Baberton, MXit, Mobile software, News24, Law Crime, Johannesburg, German South-West Africa, Khomas Region, Disaster Accident
A dossier on AMC's remake of 'The Prisoner'
Windhoek :: Namibia | 10 days ago
Credibility A remake of the 1960s TV series “The Prisoner” arrives 7 p.m...The new “Prisoner” miniseries is six hours long and airs on three consecutive nights...Six, who has been transported (maybe?) to an oppressively cheerful place called The Village, where the...
Tags: Namibia, Windhoek, The Village, Paranoia, The Passion of the Christ, The Prisoner, James Caviezel, Number Six, The Number of the Beast, Prisoner, McGoohan
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