Namibia became an independent country in 1990 after a period of one hundred and six years of colonialism, first by Germans, 1884 - 1915 and then by the South African white settlers, 1915 - 1990.

Martin Wucher's family has raised cattle in the abundant countryside of central Namibia for close to a century. Now he faces threats to his home and livelihood. Frustrated with the government's ...

2002-10-14 04:00:00 PDT Otjiwarongo, Namibia-- The cattle auction at the dusty farming town of Otjiwarongo should be a time of high spirits for the white farmers of Namibia, but these days, they can ...

While land reform has dominated South Africa's headlines, it has also emerged as a major polarising issue in Namibia ahead of next year's national election. Populist pressure, fears around the ...

Namibia has enlisted the help of Robert Mugabe's land "experts" as it intensifies its own land seizure programme. The news has further unsettled the white farmers and severely dented investor ...

WINDHOEK, Namibia (AFP) — Namibia will expropriate land owned by foreign absentee landlords and will redefine fair compensation in the coming months, the country’s president said Friday. President ...

The Namibian government announces that it will soon take the land of some white-owned farms and give it blacks. A small white minority owns 90 percent of the African nation's commercial farmland. Some ...

Editor’s Note: CNN’s Eye On series takes you to a different country each month. In October we visit Namibia highlighting the country’s best and brightest people, plus framing its pressing issues in a ...

Namibia will start to forcibly take land from white farmers to give to landless blacks, the government says. Prime minister Theo-Ben Gurirab said in a national address that land reform had to be ...

Namibia’s haunting landscapes carry Gavin Bell back to the birth of a nation which today celebrates 25 years of independence The ghost town in the sperrgebiet, or forbidden zone, closes at one o’clock ...

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