The Namibian Parliament through its Support Programme signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Polytechnic of Namibia (PoN) through which PoN will develop a better parliamentary website, in the capital on Thursday.The website is aimed at expanding the opportunity for exchange of ideas between parliament and the electorate, hence increasing the electorate participation in the democratic process.The Speaker of the National Assembly Theo-Ben Gurirab and the Chairperson of the National Council Asser Kapere signed on behalf of the National Assembly and the National Coun

The UN's children's agency on Friday charged that armed movements in the Central African Republic were recruiting more children, including as soldiers, in the wake of a successful coup by rebels. "UNICEF has clear evidence of the continuing recruitment and use of children by armed groups in the Central African Republic," the agency said in a statement, urging leaders on the ground to fight the "grave violation of international law."

By Clara Ferreira-Marques LONDON (Reuters) - Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz is suing his former London-based business advisers and a British ex-minister in a battle over Guinea's mineral wealth. Steinmetz has been at odds with the government of the West African country for months over the right to mine half of the giant Simandou deposit, one of the world's largest untapped iron ore discoveries.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday condemned the killing of peacekeepers in an ambush in the east part of South Sudan, saying he was "appalled" by the incident. Ban was "appalled by the attack on an UNMISS (UN Mission in South Sudan) convoy this morning," said a statement issued here by Ban's spokesperson. "He condemns in the strongest terms the killing of five Indian peacekeepers and two UNMISS national staff and five civilian staff contractors in Gumuruk, Jonglei state, South Sudan," said the statement. The UN mission in South Sudan said in an earlier statement