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Welcome to Namibia

Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba, President of Namibia

 

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Capital: Windhoek

 

Official Language: English

 

Government: Republic 

- President Hifikepunye Pohamba

- Prime Minister Nahas Angula

 

Area: 825,418 km2

 

Population: 2009 estimate 2,108,665

 

GDP (PPP): 2009 estimate - Total $13.771 billion - Per capita $6,614

 

GDP (nominal): 2009 estimate - Total $9.459 billion - Per capita $4,543

 

Currency: Namibian dollar (NAD) 

Namibia News

  • Power shortage looms

    NO ELECTRICITY ... Many, like the two boys, in the informal settlements of Windhoek daily face the prospect of living without electricity.
  • HRT reports oil off Namibia

    TOASTING IT ... Namibian businessman Knowledge Katti, Brazilian oil company HRT's president Joe Paul, prime Minister Hage Geingob, Mines and Energy Minister Isak Katali and HRT's chief financial officer Martin Thomas Davis are seen celebrating the finding of the non-commercial oil.
  • Namibian Founding Father Calls For A United Africa

    Namibia's founding father Dr. Sam Nujoma has called on African countries to consolidate all structures of the African Union to build a united Africa with one defence force to defend its territorial integrity, territorial waters and airspace against foreign forces, Namibian Press Agency NAMPA reported.
  • Drought and Desertification - Global Response

    Land degradation - more specifically drought and desertification - have become increasingly pressing problems for a growing number of countries around the world, threatening efforts to alleviate poverty, improve basic health and sanitation and address socioeconomic inequality, as well as spur agricultural and sustainable economic development.
  • Namibia: Pohamba to Declare Drought an Emergency

    PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba is expected to officially declare a state of emergency soon in the face of the devastating drought that is ravaging the country.

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