Diamond watchdog gives Zimbabwe time to clean up lawless field
Diamond watchdog gives Zimbabwe time to comply 2 foreigners who filmed Namibia seal cull convicted of illegal entry into protected areaJOHANNESBURG — Two foreign journalists who were arrested in Namibia while filming the clubbing of seals were convicted Friday of entering a protected marine area without a permit. Namibian seal hunt set to go on despite objections, more than 90,000 to be clubbedJOHANNESBURG — Namibia’s annual commercial seal hunt will go on despite objections by animal welfare groups, a government official said Monday. Diamond-rich Namibia’s economy to shrink by 0.6 percent; mining slows in world economic crisisWINDHOEK, Namibia — Namibia’s central bank governor said Wednesday the diamond-rich southern African nation’s economy will shrink by 0.6 percent in 2009 as mining slows in the global economic crisis. US secretary of state: Obama to put women, girls first in fight against AIDSWINDHOEK, Namibia — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the Obama administration will put women and girls first in the fight against AIDS. |