during 2008 in Namibia. President: Hifikepunye Pohamba Prime Minister: Nahas Angula Chief Justice: Peter Shivute Serious flooding took place in northern...

The 2008 Namibia floods took place in early February 2008, a rapid onset of heavy rains triggered floods in northern Namibia, leading to one of its worst...

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola...

Independence Stadium in Windhoek, while Sam Nujoma Stadium in Katutura is also occasionally used. Football in Namibia is governed by the Namibia Football Association...

White Namibians (German: Weiße Namibier or Europäische Namibier) are people of European descent settled in Namibia. The majority of White Namibians are...

the Namibian Statistics Act #66 of 1976, and in accordance with United Nations recommendations, a census is conducted every ten years. After Namibian independence...

Education in Namibia is compulsory until the year a learner turns 18. There are approximately 1900 schools in Namibia of which 100 are privately owned...

The Namibia national football team represents Namibia in men's international football and is controlled by the Namibia Football Association. They have...

sector. Although the majority of the population engages in subsistence agriculture and herding, Namibia has more than 200,000 skilled workers and a considerable...

Football in Namibia is governed by the Namibia Football Association. The Namibia Premier Football League is the main domestic league. The Namibia national...

State House of the Republic of Namibia is the official residence and workplace of the President of Namibia. Located in the Auasblick suburb of Windhoek...

Tourism in Namibia is a major industry, contributing N$7.2 billion (equal to US$ 390 million) to the country's gross domestic product. Annually, over one...

The University of Namibia (UNAM) is a multi-campus public research university in Namibia, and the largest university in the country. It was established...

and Cuba. In Africa, Namibia has been involved in conflicts in neighbouring Angola as well as Democratic Republic of the Congo. Namibia is a member...

there were 50 TV sets and 137 radio sets in Namibia in 2008. Radio stations: State-run radio service broadcasts in multiple languages; about a dozen private...

contributor to Namibia's economy in terms of revenue. It accounts for 25% of the country's income. Its contribution to the gross domestic product (10.4% in 2009...

The Namibia men's national cricket team (nicknamed the Eagles) is the men's cricket team representing the Republic of Namibia in international cricket...

Namibia uses regions as its first-level subnational administrative divisions. Since 2013, it has 14 regions which in turn are subdivided into 121 constituencies...

Human rights in Namibia are currently recognised and protected by the Namibian constitution formed in 1990 by a 72-seat assembly. The assembly consisted...

wildlife of Namibia is composed of its flora and fauna. Namibia's endangered species include the wild dog, black rhino, oribi and puku. Namibia has many...

Namibia competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. Beata Naigambo received a qualifying berth for the Olympics after...

reached 28.1% in 2014; in 2008, it was 51.2%. Crimes reported in Namibia amounted to 96,200 in the financial year March 2008–February 2009, in 2009/10 to...

Prostitution in Namibia is legal and a highly prevalent common practice. Related activities such as solicitation, procuring and being involved in the running...

("Mouth of the Swakop") is a city on the coast of western Namibia, 352 km (219 mi) west of the Namibian capital Windhoek via the B2 main road. It is the capital...

Namibia is a multilingual country in which German is recognised as a national language. While English has been the sole official language of the country...

Heroes' Acre is an official war memorial of the Republic of Namibia. Built into the uninhabited hills 10 kilometres (6 mi) south of the city centre of...

The 2008 Skorpion Zinc strike was a worker's strike against the ownership of the Skorpion Zinc mine near the southern Namibian town of Rosh Pinah in ǁKaras...

Namibia sent a delegate to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. According to official records, the country's only representative was...

261 sq mi), Namibia is the world's thirty-fourth largest country. After Mongolia, Namibia is the second least densely populated country in the world (2...

HIV/AIDS in Namibia is a critical public health issue. HIV has been the leading cause of death in Namibia since 1996, but its prevalence has dropped by...