Okahandja, Namibia - Diamonds worth $2.6-million have been stolen from the safe of a Namibian polishing company partly owned by diamond giant De Beers, an official said on Wednesday. Polished and unpolished diamonds were stolen from a safe at NamGem, a subsidiary of the Namdeb diamond company, a joint ...

SMS Of The Day 105TH BUILDERS" Congress: Seems like most of the "experts" will not be talking on construction. Why is no paper presented about how the prospective house owner is done in by architects who masquerade as building supervisors? And building contractors who have no clue and whose ...

Police are investigating a bizarre case in which a decomposed human head, neatly packed in a box, was sent by courier to a government official. Related Stories Puzzle of human head posted to KRA official The package, sent from Nairobi on Monday, was addressed to Mr ...

Kenya is on a diplomatic offensive against Western States ahead of UN Security Council meeting next week, following the storm raised by her hosting wanted Sudanese leader Omar al Bashir.With presidential clearance, Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula has had a series of talks with envoys of African and Asiatic States based ...

The South African-born England batsman will play for the Durban-based Dolphins in two four-day games in the domestic Supersport Series in a bid to regain his form ahead of the Ashes series in Australia. He will play against the Warriors from Oct. 7-10 and against the Titans from ...

In the throes of labour, a Namibian woman was approached by a nurse who handed her a document to sign, saying the form would authorise a Caesarean section. "I was in labour at the state hospital when a nurse showed me a paper and said I must sign to ...

Police hunted hundreds of inmates on Thursday who escaped when suspected Islamists used machine guns and bombs in a Nigerian prison attack, while authorities warned other jails may be vulnerable. The Islamist sect suspected in the attack that freed more than 700 prisoners had launched an uprising in the ...

But this country"s fabric is stitched together by Kenya"s ethnic makeup, and to deny this is foolhardy. The reason much noise will be made about the tribal clustering in the census is because of its perceived political value. And yet, it is important to remember that with the new Constitution ...

Workers at Zimbabwe"s state-owned airline have gone on strike over pay, causing flight cancellations and leaving scores of passengers stranded, state media reported on Thursday. The state-controlled Herald newspaper said Air Zimbabwe pilots and cabin crew walked out of work on Wednesday demanding payment of allowances that were cut ...

Zobel showed his contempt for the local press when he cancelled a MTN8 media day scheduled for the Delville Sports Club on Thursday morning, without informing anyone at the Premier Soccer League or his own club. The PSL sent out a SMS to all the media on Thursday ...