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Monday, March 22, 2010 2:28 AM

Hifikepunye Pohamba

Type: Person

Name: Hifikepunye Pohamba

Title: President - Office of the President (Namibia)

First Reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 Documents

Namibia's gesture to Mwalimu a good one

TANZANIANS feel honoured by the gesture showed by the Namibian people in posthumously honouring the founding president of the Tanzania nation, Mwalimu Nyerere. Mwalimu was honoured along seven other Heads of State in Africa continent.The Namibians, through ... [Published 3 hours ago by Daily News TSN]

Entities: Tanzania, Namibia, Julius Nyerere, Hifikepunye Pohamba

First Reported 12 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 3 Documents

Namibian president promises jobs

Windhoek - Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba was sworn in for a second and final term on Sunday, pledging to a crowd of thousands at a colourful event to create jobs and bring development to rural areas.Pohamba took the oath dressed in a black suit ... [Published 5 hours ago by News24.com]

Entities: Hifikepunye Pohamba, Namibia, Swapo

First Reported 12 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 Documents

Hifikepunye Pohamba

Kuwaiti leaders congratulate Namibian president on national day

KUWAIT, March 21 (KUNA) -- H.H. the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah sent a cable of congratulations to Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba on his country's national day.H.H. the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and H.H. the Prime Minister ... [Published 12 hours ago by Kuwait News Agency]

Entities: Shaikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Hifikepunye Pohamba, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah

First Reported 21 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 2 Documents

Jacob Zuma

President goes to Namibia in celebration of democracy

Namibian president elect Hifikepunye Pohamba is expected to be sworn as the country’s president on Sunday.Pohamba will be serving his second and final five year term as the head of state. He won the presidential poll in the November elections with over ... [Published 18 hours ago by Eye Witness News]

Entities: Namibia, Hifikepunye Pohamba, Jacob Zuma

First Reported Mar 20 2010 - Updated Mar 20 2010 - 1 Documents

Southern African Development Community

National Day of Namibia

On Sunday is the which marks the end of the Namibian War of Independence in 1990. On this day, many Namibians take time off from work to join celebrations in major cities and towns across the country. Government offices are closed. Major celebrations ... [Published Mar 20 2010 by Manila Bulletin]

Entities: Namibia, Walvis Bay (Namibia), Southern African Development Community, Uranium, Windhoek (Namibia)

First Reported Mar 18 2010 - Updated Mar 18 2010 - 1 Documents

Gareth Penny

Diamond sector regaining its sparkle

WINDHOEK – CEO of the De Beers Group, Gareth Penny, on Tuesday reported to President Hifikepunye Pohamba that production at Namdeb has increased by over 20 percent.Penny said the company is cautiously optimistic that the diamond sector is picking up after ... [Published Mar 18 2010 by New Era]

Entities: Gareth Penny, De Beers SA, Namibia

First Reported Mar 18 2010 - Updated Mar 18 2010 - 1 Documents

Swapo

Namibian opposition to boycott parliament

Windhoek - Namibia's main opposition party said Thursday its members who won eight parliamentary seats in disputed elections will boycott the swearing-in ceremony pending a court appeal against the vote. 'Our members will stay away from the swearing-in ... [Published Mar 18 2010 by IOL]

Entities: Boycott, Jesaya Nyamu, Swapo

First Reported Mar 13 2010 - Updated Mar 13 2010 - 1 Documents

Namibia's poll challenge falls flat

Democracy was on the dock in the Land of the Brave though Namibians had spoken loudly in the last year’s November General Elections. However they have proved it again before the Namibian High Court last week when the poll challenge was thrown out.Namibia’s ... [Published Mar 13 2010 by Daily News TSN]

Entities: Namibia, Swapo, Elections, Swanu, Hifikepunye Pohamba

First Reported Mar 12 2010 - Updated Mar 12 2010 - 1 Documents

Banks Throw Down the Gauntlet

FNB Namibia yesterday claimed that the underlying policy of the Payment Systems Management Bill and the Banking Institutions Amendment Bill is flawed.Vekuii Rukoro, Chief Executive Officer of FNB Namibia Group said at a media briefing yesterday that certain ... [Published Mar 12 2010 by AllAfrica.com]

Entities: Namibia, Tom Alweendo, Hifikepunye Pohamba, Systems Management

First Reported Mar 08 2010 - Updated Mar 08 2010 - 1 Documents

Election results challenge dismissed

The Namibian High Court has dismissed an application by nine opposition parties contesting last year's election results which gave President Hifikepunye Pohamba's party a landslide victory. A report on the News24 site notes Judge President Petrus Damaseb ... [Published Mar 08 2010 by Legalbrief]

Entities: Elections, Petrus Damaseb, Hifikepunye Pohamba

First Reported Mar 04 2010 - Updated Mar 05 2010 - 5 Documents

Namibian court throws out poll result challenge — report NAMIBIA ELECTION CHALLENGE

A Namibian court has thrown out a challenge by opposition parties contesting the results of last year's presidential and parliamentary elections won by the ruling South West African People's Organisation (Swapo) party, the Namibian newspaper said on its ... [Published Mar 05 2010 by Polity.org.za]

Entities: Namibia, Elections, Swapo

First Reported Feb 26 2010 - Updated Feb 26 2010 - 1 Documents

Petrotek introduces mobile petrol stations

PETROTEK, a Namibian company aiming to make fuel more accessible to rural communities by means of containerised petrol stations, was inaugurated in Windhoek yesterday.Petrotek chairperson Tobie Aupindi said containerised fuel station techno-logy was more ... [Published Feb 26 2010 by Namibian]

Entities: Petrol, Namibia, Erkki Nghimtina, Hifikepunye Pohamba, Windhoek (Namibia)

Quotes

"i thank the voters who had confidence in me to elect me a second and last time last november, i accept the mandate with humility" Pohamba said

Namibian president promises jobs [News24.com - 5 hours ago]

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Namibia's gesture to Mwalimu a good one [Daily News TSN - 3 hours ago]
Namibian president promises jobs [News24.com - 5 hours ago]
Namibia celebrates 20th birthday [SABC - 9 hours ago]
Namibia celebrates independence [News24.com - 12 hours ago]
Kuwaiti leaders congratulate Namibian president... [Kuwait News Agency - 12 hours ago]
President goes to Namibia in celebration of dem... [Eye Witness News - 18 hours ago]
Swearing-in for President Pohamba of Namibia today [Daily News TSN - 21 hours ago]
National Day of Namibia [Manila Bulletin - Mar 20 2010]
Sheep farmers agree to wait [New Era - Mar 18 2010]
Diamond sector regaining its sparkle [New Era - Mar 18 2010]
Namibian opposition to boycott parliament [IOL - Mar 18 2010]
Namibia's poll challenge falls flat [Daily News TSN - Mar 13 2010]
Banks Throw Down the Gauntlet [AllAfrica.com - Mar 12 2010]
Sheep Farmers Threaten Demo Against Export Quota [AllAfrica.com - Mar 11 2010]
Denmark to help Africa fight bio-piracy [Copenhagen Post - Mar 09 2010]
Election results challenge dismissed [Legalbrief - Mar 08 2010]
Namibian court throws out poll result challenge... [Polity.org.za - Mar 05 2010]
Judge throws out Namibian poll challenge [IOL - Mar 04 2010]
Namibian court throws out poll result challenge... [Reuters Africa - Mar 04 2010]
Namibia court rejects poll query [News24.com - Mar 04 2010]
Court rejects Namibia poll challenge [Yahoo! Canada - Mar 04 2010]
Court ruling on Namibian poll reserved [IOL - Mar 02 2010]
Namibia: Poll Battle Kicks Off [AllAfrica.com - Mar 02 2010]
Namibian opposition seeks poll re-run [News24.com - Mar 01 2010]
Petrotek introduces mobile petrol stations [Namibian - Feb 26 2010]
Namibia \| SWAPO's big guns in the fray [Africa Confidential - Feb 19 2010]
Namibia: NCCI Wants Investors Checked [AllAfrica.com - Feb 19 2010]
Tonata Shiimi fired from The Southern Times [Informanté - Feb 18 2010]
Car that transported Nujoma into exi... [New Era - Feb 15 2010]
Namibian president to appoint new government soon [Individual.com - Feb 12 2010]

Blogs

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Morning Brief: Copenhagen kicks off [FP Passport - Dec 07 2009] Copenhagen kicks off Top story: Around 15,000 delegates from 192 nations have gathered in Copenhagen to attempt to reach an international agreement to ...
Poll Results in Romania and Bolivia [MyDD - Dec 07 2009] There were two critical elections held on Sunday, one in Romania and another down in Bolivia. Additionally, over the course of the week results continued to pour ...
A Weekend of Elections [MyDD - Nov 30 2009] Elections were held this weekend in five countries in Africa, Europe and Latin America. In four, elections were to determine the fate of governments while in Switzerland ...