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This is “one of the greatest things to have happened, not only to my art, but to Nigerian artwork”, 93-year-old painter and sculptor Bruce Onobrakpeya says as he looks around the rooms at the Tate Modern, one of London’s premier galleries. “The collection is fantastic and it brings back a lot of memories going back […]
Morocco is currently building what will be the globe’s largest football stadium in preparation for co-hosting the 2030 World Cup. But for the demonstrators who have taken to the streets each night across the country since last Saturday, this 115,000-capacity showpiece and all the other football infrastructure in development, costing a reported $5bn (£3.7bn), are […]
The annual Namibian Rotary Club Cycle Classic 2025 kicks off tomorrow and runs until Sunday, bringing together cycling enthusiasts, families, and the broader community for one of Namibia’s premier cycling and charity events. To give us more insight, Desert FM speaks to Elrich Tilling, circulation manager and events coordinator at The Namibian.
One of the biggest academic events of the year, the Institutional Research Week 2025, kicked off today under the theme ‘A Decade of Eminence: Strengthening and Repositioning Research for Industry Partnerships and Engagement,’ hosted by the Namibia University of Science and Technology. ‘ Desert FM was joined in conversation by the Executive Director of the […]
President Ndaitwah is calling on investors to back the establishment of a Namibian film city. Desert FM spoke to Roland James on how this could boost the country’s creative industry and economy.
With tears in his eyes, a young Kenyan athlete now captive in Ukraine pleads not to be sent back to Russia. “I will die there,” Evans Kibet says, waving his hands in the air towards the unseen interviewer on the video released on Wednesday by a Ukrainian army brigade. The 36-year-old prisoner-of-war is wearing a […]
Kenya is toasting a golden generation of female track stars after they led the nation to second place in the medal table behind the United States at the 2025 World Athletics Championships. Female runners won six of the East African nation’s seven gold medals in Tokyo, sweeping top spot on the podium in every event […]
With tears in his eyes, a young Kenyan athlete now captive in Ukraine pleads not to be sent back to Russia. “I will die there,” Evans Kibet says, waving his hands in the air towards the unseen interviewer on the video released on Wednesday by a Ukrainian army brigade. The 36-year-old prisoner-of-war is wearing a […]
The king of South Africa’s large Zulu community has challenged a professor and cultural expert to a stick fight, saying he had been insulted, along with the entire Zulu nation. King Misuzulu kaZwelithini issued the challenge to Prof Musa Xulu in front of thousands of people who had gathered at his newly built royal palace […]
Young parliamentarians have vowed to shake up the Namibian Legislative House. Lawmakers suggest that recent events in the house have led to a more chaotic presence with parliamentarians spending more time arguing than doing actual work . Leader of the Popular Democratic Movement McHenry Venaani cautioned the current speaker that she could be degenerating the […]