Namibia

A Berlin museum will tomorrow send 23 ancient pieces of jewelry, tools and objects back to Namibia, a former German colony, on indefinite loan as part of a project to encourage rapprochement between the two nations.

The artifacts will be handed over to the National Museum of Namibia and made available to local artists and academics for research, Berlin's Ethnological Museum said.

While many Namibians have names originating from the ex-colonial power Germany, a newly-elected municipal councilor has overnight romped to prominence, not because of his victory but because he is called Adolf Hitler.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva arrived at the Josea Kutako Airport in Windhoek. She will be on a two-day official visit to the Republic of Namibia at the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for International Relations and Cooperation, Ms. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah.

Berlin is poised to strip the names of streets linked to atrocities committed during its occupation of Namibia and dedicate them to liberation fighters, part of a late reckoning with Germany's brutal colonial history in Africa.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic on Thursday received Namibian Deputy PM and FM Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, who said her country would continue to back a peaceful resolution of the Kosovo issue through dialogue.

Nikolic noted the friendship between Serbia and Namibia should be strengthened further through cooperation in other areas, in particular in the economy.

Female Turkish ambassadors are driving policy in a number of African nations, including Mozambique, the Ivory Coast, Namibia and Uganda. 

Aylin Ta?han was appointed as Turkey's ambassador to Mozambique in 2011, making her the first female Turkish ambassador to an African country.        

Namibia's outgoing president, Hifikepunye Pohamba, has won the Mo Ibrahim Foundation's $5 million African leadership prize, an award meant to recognise good governance that has been presented only three times in eight years.