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Petrobras Eyes 40% Ownership in Namibia's Mopane Oil Block

Petrobras PBR, a Brazil-based integrated energy company controlled by the government of Brazil, has its eyes set on acquiring the entire 40% stake in the Mopane oil and gas exploration block in Namibia, currently owned by Portugal’s Galp Energia, SGPS, S.A. GLPEY. This strategic move aligns with PBR’s expansion plans and its focus on establishing a stronger presence in international oil and gas markets, particularly in Africa.

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Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) leader McHenry Venaani on Tuesday called on other opposition parties to join a coalition to challenge Swapo’s political supremacy.

He believes that opposition parties stand a chance to win the 2024 national elections if they pool their resources and support together.

“All leaders of opposition political formations must participate in this vocation. If we analyse the ever-changing political dynamic, we will find that building a coalition is the only way to topple Swapo come the next elections,” he said during a press briefing in Windhoek.

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Cultural hc: In Westalis (due the influence of the large immigrant population, mainly Namibians), it is common for people (especially young children) to call older adults Aunty or Uncle (typically family friends or strangers). Now, the actual way of going about this would require some knowledge on African culture, so let's just brush past that hehe.

So, Anya would call people like Sylvia, Fiona, Sharon, Millie, and Camilla aunty. Melinda would get Mrs Desmond because of her social status (i.e., you should know who she is) and Aunty when only given permission. Men like Franky and possibly Dominic would be referred to as Uncle.

Loid doesn't strictly enforce this, though, since that's not the case in Ostania, she could get confused and who to call (social conditioning helps with the distinction).

In Ostania, the polite way would be Ms/Mrs/Mr *surname*. If you don't know their name, then its just Miss or Madam or Sir, etc. Saying Aunty or Uncle would be considered offensive because they don't know you or why you're calling them such an intimate name.

This all circles back to my general hc that Westalis is far more community based than Ostania, so you will find lots of traditions that don't translate over very well. This is obviously a source of conflict within the Forger household but also a lot of internal conflict for Twilight since preserving his own culture is important but also maintaining his disguise is integral to his mission.

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Queer The Way | Documentary, 2024

In Namibia, Friedel Dausab has waited 30 years to take on his government and challenge the criminalisation of homosexuality. He risks his personal safety and carries the hopes of all Queer Namibians seeking liberation, safety and the freedom to love. Against a backdrop of a serial killer targeting queer people, he goes to court. A vital record of the unsung heroes of queer liberation, Queer The Way charts the journeys of three remarkable activists who defiantly challenge the criminalisation of same sex love. Their personal stories intersect with the shocking history of criminalisation and colonialism. From Tudor England to today’s US Evangelical Church stoking hatred and violence, this essential documentary reveals the ongoing impact of politics and religion on the everyday lives of Queer people.

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Minulla on tapana lukea erilaisia kansainvälisiä tutkimuksia, joissa verrataan hyvinvointia ja edistystä eri maissa, ja selvittää, mille kaikille maille Yhdysvallat häviää näissä vertailussa.

Jaan tässä ketjussa hauskimpia löytöjäni.

Yhdysvalloissa elinajanodote on lyhyempi kuin Antiguassa, Arabiemiraateissa, Bahrainissa, Barbadoksella, Chilessä, Kiinassa, Kuwaitissa, Malediiveillä, Puerto Ricossa, Qatarissa tai Thaimaassa.



Life expectancyThe period life expectancy at birth, in a given year.https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/life-expectancy?tab=map

USA:ssa tapetaan suhteessa väkilukuun paljon enemmän ihmisiä kuin Algeriassa, Arabiemiraateissa, Azerbaidzanissa, Bahrainissa, Ghanassa, Jordaniassa, Marokossa, Omanissa, Palestiinassa, Qatarissa, Sierra Leonessa tai Uzbekistanissa.



Homicide rateAnnual number of deaths from homicide per 100,000 people.https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/homicide-rate-unodc

Amerikassa lapsikuolleisuus on suurempaa kuin Kuubassa, Montenegrossa, Pohjois-Makedoniassa, Qatarissa, Valko-Venäjällä tai Venäjällä.



Child mortality rateThe estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/child-mortality-igme

Amerikkalaisen Freedom Housen mukaan USA on vähemmän vapaa maa kuin Argentiina, Bahama, Barbados, Belize, Chile, Costa Rica, Grenada, Kap Verde, Kiribati, Mauritius, Mongolia tai Uruguay.



Countries and TerritoriesFreedom House rates people’s access to political rights and civil liberties in 210 countries and territories through its annual Freedom in the World report. Individual freedoms—ranging from the right …https://freedomhouse.org/countries/freedom-world/scores

Algeriassa, Chilessä, Costa Ricassa, Ecuadorissa, Iranissa, Jamaikalla, Jordaniassa, Kiinassa, Kolumbiassa, Kuubassa, Panamassa, Perussa, Sri Lankassa, Thaimaassa, Tunisiassa ja Turkissa ihmiset pysyvät terveinä pidempään kuin USA:ssa.



Healthy life expectancyThe estimated average number of years lived free from disability or disease burden. This is based on period life expectancy, after adjusting for the number of years lived in less than "full health" du…https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/healthy-life-expectancy-at-birth

USA:ssa lehdistö on vähemmän vapaa kuin Argentiinassa, Costa Ricassa, Dominikaanisessa tasavallassa, Etelä-Afrikassa, Itä-Timorissa, Jamaikalla, Kap Verdessä, Moldovassa, Namibiassa, Pohjois-Makedoniassa, Samoassa tai Trinidadissa.



IndexRSF's World Press Freedom Index aims to compare the level of press freedom enjoyed by journalists and media in 180 countries and territories.https://rsf.org/en/index

Amerikassa tehdään suhteessa väkilukuun enemmän itsemurhia kuin useimmissa Aasian, Latinalaisen Amerikan tai Lähi-idän maissa.



Suicide rateAnnual number of suicides per 100,000 people. Suicide deaths are underreported in many countries due to social stigma and cultural or legal concerns. This data is adjusted for this underreporting to e…https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/death-rate-from-suicides-gho

Economist Intelligence Unit arvioi, että Yhdysvallat on vähemmän demokraattinen valtio kuin Chile, Costa Rica, Mauritius tai Uruguay.



Democracy indexBased on the expert assessments and index by the Economist Intelligence Unit (2023). It combines information on the extent to which citizens can choose their political leaders in free and fair electio…https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/democracy-index-eiu

Yhdysvaltain kongressissa istuu vähemmän naisia kuin Arabiemiraattien, Bolivian, Etelä-Afrikan, Etiopian, Kuuban, Meksikon, Mosambikin, Namibian, Ruandan tai Senegalin parlamenteissa.



Share of women in parliamentPercentage of seats in lower or single chamber of the legislature held by women.https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-of-women-in-parliament-ipu

Amerikkalaisen Fund for Peacen mukaan Yhdysvallat on epävakaampi valtio kuin Arabiemiraatit, Chile, Costa Rica, Mauritius, Qatar tai Uruguay.



https://fragilestatesindex.org/global-data/

Yhdysvallat teloittaa yhä ihmisiä, kun taas lukuisat Aasian, Afrikan ja Latinalaisen Amerikan valtiot ovat kieltäneet kuolemanrangaistuksen.



Abolitionist and Retentionist CountriesThe Death Penalty Information Center is a non-profit organization serving the media and the public with analysis and information about capital punishment.…https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/policy-issues/international/abolitionist-and-retentionist-countries

Amerikassa terroristit tappavat joka vuosi kymmeniä ihmisiä, kun taas Arabiemiraateissa, Botswanassa, Liberiassa, Marokossa, Mauritaniassa, Namibiassa, Qatarissa, Sambiassa ja Sierra Leonessa terrorismikuolemat ovat harvinaisia.



Terrorism deathsConfirmed deaths, including all victims and attackers who died because of a terrorist attack.https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/terrorism-deaths

USA:ssa ei ole ollut naispresidenttiä, toisin kuin Argentiinassa, Brasiliassa, Etiopiassa, Filippiineillä, Indonesiassa, Intiassa, Kirgisiassa, Kosovossa, Liberiassa, Malawissa, Nepalissa, Perussa, Sri Lankassa ja Tansaniassa.



List of elected and appointed female heads of state and government - Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_elected_and_appointed_female_heads_of_state_and_government

Amerikassa on vähemmän matkapuhelinliittymiä per capita kuin Botswanassa, Burkina Fasossa, Gabonissa, Ghanassa, Iranissa, Kambodzassa, Keniassa, Marokossa, Mauritaniassa, Namibiassa, Norsunluurannikolla, Senegalissa tai Tunisiassa.



Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 peopleThis number can get over 100 when the average person has more than one subscription to a mobile service.https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/mobile-cellular-subscriptions-per-100-people

Kansainvälisen kyselytutkimuksen mukaan egyptiläiset, etiopialaiset, jordanialaiset, kiinalaiset, kirgisialaiset, libyalaiset, malediiviläiset ja tunisialaiset suhtautuvat terrorismiin kielteisemmin kuin amerikkalaiset.



Is terrorism justifiable as a political, ideological, or religious mean? 2022Respondents' average score on the scale from 1 (terrorism is never justifiable) to 10 (terrorism is always justifiable).https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/perceived-justifiability-of-terrorism-as-a-political-ideological-or-religious-means

Etelä-Afrikka, Argentiina, Brasilia ja Uruguay säätivät kaikki tasa-arvoisen avioliittolain ennen Yhdysvaltoja (ja Suomea).



Same-Sex Marriage Around the WorldSort through the more than 30 jurisdictions that have enacted laws allowing gays and lesbians to marry.https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/fact-sheet/gay-marriage-around-the-world/

Amerikkalaiset kokevat omat asuinalueensa vähemmän turvallisiksi kuin bolivialaiset, jamaikalaiset, kiinalaiset, malesialaiset, myanmarilaiset, nigerialaiset, palestiinalaiset, thaimaalaiset ja venäläiset kokevat omat asuinalueensa.



Share that feel safe walking alone around the area they live at nightAn interactive visualization from Our World in Data.https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/safety-walking-alone

Sosiaalista ja ekologista hyvinvointia mittaavassa Happy Planet Index -tutkimuksessa Yhdysvallat häviää… no, suurimmalle osalle muusta maailmasta.



https://happyplanetindex.org/hpi/?show_all=true

Yhdysvalloissa päihteiden aiheuttamat kuolemat ovat yleisempiä kuin melkein missään muualla maailmassa.



Alcohol and drug use disorders death rateEstimated annual number of deaths from alcohol and drug use disorders per 100,000 people. These include only direct deaths from these disorders, meaning they do not include suicide deaths which can in…https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/death-rates-substance-disorders-who

Kuten varmaan jo tiesitkin, amerikkalaiset tuottavat per capita enemmän kasvihuonekaasupäästöjä kuin melkein mikään muu kansa.



Per capita greenhouse gas emissionsGreenhouse gas emissions include carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide from all sources, including land-use change. They are measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timesc…https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/per-capita-ghg-emissions

Yhdysvalloissa vankien osuus koko väestöstä on suurempi kuin melkein missään muualla maailmassa.



https://www.prisonstudies.org/highest-to-lowest/prison_population_rate?field_region_taxonomy_tid=All

P.S. Lopuksi lienee syytä kertoa, että tämän ketjun pointtina ei ollut niinkään nauraa Amerikalle, vaan enemmänkin sille harhaluulolle, että maailma jakautuisi selkeästi “rikkaisiin maihin” ja “kehitysmaihin”. Yhdysvaltoja pidetään…

kehittyneen ja modernin maan perikuvana, mutta todellisuudessa se ei olekaan aina täysin ylivertainen suhteessa ns. kehitysmaihin. Nykyajan maailma on paljon monimutkaisempi paikka kuin monet ylimieliset länsimaalaiset kuvittelevat.

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Dec 14, 2023

Monet suomalaiset muistelevat taas, kuinka Suomi oli aiemmin niin turvallinen ja lainkuuliainen paikka. Kokosinpa siis Helsingin Sanomien arkiston avulla ketjun aiheesta "pommi-iskut 1990-luvun Suomessa". Surullista kyllä, niitä tosiaan riittää ketjuksi asti.

HS 8.1.1991: “Varauloskäytävän oveen kiinnitetty pommi rikkoi pakolaisten vastaanottoasemana toimivan hotelli Walkealan oven ja tuulikaapin lasit maanantaiyönä.”

12.10.1991: “Helsingin veroviraston takaovella Merihaassa räjähti perjantain vastaisena yönä pommi. Se särki ikkunoita ja parioven, mutta ei vaurioittanut viraston tietokoneita tai arkistoja.”

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Dec 7, 2023

Vanhoista sanomalehdistä voi löytää kaikenlaista: Esimerkiksi viktoriaanisen murhajutun, jossa ruotsalainen merimies tappoi kirveellä suomalaiseksi luulemansa miehen, koska hän pelkäsi suunnattomasti suomalaisten noitavoimia. 1/13

Tämä ruotsalainen merimies oli Karl "Charles" Anderson, kun taas hänen uhrinsa oli intialainen merimies John Marnchien (tai James Marnchien; 1800-luvun toimittajat eivät olleet kovin tarkkoja nimien suhteen). 2/13

Vuonna 1866 Anderson ja Marnchien työskentelivät kumpikin brittiläisellä kauppalaivalla nimeltä Raby Castle. Jostain syystä Anderson vakuuttui, että Marnchien oli suomalainen (lehdessä sanotaan "Russian Finn", mikä tarkoittanee vain, että Suomi oli osa Venäjän imperiumia). 3/13

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Nov 29, 2023

Itärajan tilanteen vuoksi päätin tehdä ketjun siitä, miten Suomessa autonomian aikana puhuttiin juutalaisten maahanmuutosta Venäjältä Suomeen. Maahanmuuton vastustajien kieli oli tuolloin ihan samaa kuin nykyäänkin, vaikka tulijat olivatkin juutalaisia eivätkä muslimeja.

Uusi Suometar 4.2.1882: Meurman, kuvaillen juutalaisten halua saada maailman valtaa käsiinsä ja niitä vaaroja, jotka sen kautta uhkaavat kristityitä valtioita, ehdottaa että voimassa olevia asetuksia juutalaisten asumista vastaan maassamme ankarasti noudatettaisiin.

Hämäläinen 25.10.1884: Katsomme tarpeelliseksi, että ennenkuin juutalaiskysymys lopullisesti ratkaistaan, ymmärtäväisiä miehiä lähetettäisiin ulkomaille, tutkimaan näitä oloja. Ja erittäin olisi heitä lähetettävä Venäjälle, josta juutalaistulvaa tänne enimmin peljätään.

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Oct 8, 2023

Moni luulee, että väkivaltaiset nuorten katujengit ovat Suomessa aivan uusi ilmiö. Siksi minä kokosin Helsingin Sanomien arkiston avulla oppitunnin suomalaisten nuorisojengien historiasta 60-luvulta 90-luvulle. (Ketju sisältää kirjallisia kuvauksia väkivallasta.)

HS 12.10.1961: “Myöhään illalla suoritti täällä 9-henkinen nuorisojoukko, jossa oli mukana myös kolme tyttöä, yhteistuumin Naisvuorella pahoinpitelyn ja ryöstön.”

11.12.1968: “Poikajengi raiskasi kaksi tyttöä Kuopiossa.”

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❛❛   maisie rae winchester .  ❜❜   ― 💫 ― everything in your life has been perfectly planned out for you, no thought ever needed towards what your future might hold (are you sure this is what you want)... teenage rebellion came years too late, a driving need to explore pushing you towards adventure (away from your parents control)... escape in the form of academic transfer, your gateway to the wide world disguised as further educational pursuit (they would never suspect a thing)...

BASICS.

full name : maisie rae winchester

name meaning :

maisie : scottish | “pearl”

rae : hebrew | “ewe, female sheep”

winchester : olde english | “roman fort or walled city”

nickname / alias : mae, mais, mae rae, win, winnie

title : miss

gender / pronouns : cis woman / she/her

sexuality : pansexual

date of birth : june 19

age : 25

zodiac : gemini

place of birth : memphis, tennessee

accent : tennessee

languages : english, spanish, latin, elvish (bc lotr nerd)

species : witch

APPEARANCE.

faceclaim : dove cameron

height : 5′2″

eye color : green

hair color : blonde

glasses : n/a

MEDICAL.

mental : anxiety, adhd

physical : n/a

PERSONALITY.

positive traits : adventurous

negative traits : impulsive

hobbies : horseback riding, traveling, researching creatures, field work, hiking, camping, collecting chocolate frog cards, quidditch

RELATIONSHIPS.

parents :

oliver winchester; father

delilah winchester, née dawson; mother

siblings :

colton wyatt winchester, older brother

sadie mae winchester, younger sister

children : n/a

pets :

dolly [barn owl]

moonshine [thoroughbred bay stallion]

so many magical creatures you guys

MAGICAL.

blood status : muggleborn

former ilvermorny house : thunderbird

hogwarts house : ravenclaw

wand : maple wood with a jackalope antler core 11 ¼" and surprisingly swishy flexibility

patronus : black mare

boggart : herself chained to a desk

amortentia : tba

BACKGROUND.

quick facts :

she is currently unaware of her veela heritage she knows now

can perform a wandless version of lumos and lumos maxima

is currently working on becoming an animagus

parents want her to follow in their political footsteps, but with the macusa. she wants no part in a desk job and has instead found her passion lies in magizoology

early history :

tba

first year :

tba

second year :

tba

third year :

tba

fourth year :

tba

fifth year :

started at hogwarts this year.

sixth year :

tba

summer before seventh year :

maisie had an internship this past summer working with a magizoologist (to be named). this internship involved an expedition that resulted in the discovery of a new breed of dragon (the namibian variegated vesper), helping raise funds towards researching a cure for lycanthropy, and helping to bring the erumpet back from the brink of extinction.

CONNECTIONS.

tba : tba ➢ 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍

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Okay listen listen

I can respect Lula's attempt at putting Brazil on the diplomatic leadership of the global south countries.

My guy is known for talking out of his head at occasion, but I 100% believe this speech was planned beforehand. It's a rhetorical strategy. It's good for what it is: very impactful.

The post above contains a small mistranslation, though. Lula's original speech said something closer to "what is happening to Gaza and the Palestinians hasn't happened in any other historical moment. Except that it did - when Hitler decided to kill the Jews."

He's not only comparing the Gazan Genocide directly to the Holocaust. He's saying that what's happening in Gaza is literally only comparable to it.

But I'm really not comfortable at him comparing human suffering. Human suffering is not quantifiable.

Let's not talk about the historical veracity of this affirmation: what makes the Gazan Genocide (and isn't that important, a global leader calling it a genocide) and the Holocaust so similar to each other and so different from literally any other genocide that's happened in the past 100 years? Like I said, it's a rhetorical strategy. And I'm no historian.

Politically, though, what made this speech so controversial is that it put the Brazilian government at odds with the Israeli government's, and particularly Netanyahu's, characterization of the Holocaust as an unique and incomparable phenomenon - If Israel is a special State created due to special, unprecedented conditions, then it is more difficult to criticize. Like I said, I can respect the intention.

However. The Holocaust is unique because every genocide is unique in it's own way; which in this case can be characterized by some factors such as 1. the German bureaucratical-industrial machine, 2. the fact that it happened in Europe, as opposed to the Congo, Namibian, and other colonial genocides (even if not to whom would be necessarily considered white people at the time) (see also the public sympathy towards Ukrainians vs. Palestinians), 3. the fact that it was directly what caused the typification of Genocide under the UN Genocide Convention.

Similarly, what's happening in Gaza right now is also unique in it's own way. It's happening in a post-UN and UNHRC ethnic, colonial, western State. It might be getting unprecedented first-hand evidence in the form of social. media. posts. Who knows what kind of historical impact it will have.

There is a fact: Palestinians in Gaza are being wiped out of the map.

The fact that the same thing happened to the Jewish population 70 years ago is absolutely no excuse to the instrumentalization of the Holocaust by Netanyahu's government, but it's also absolutely no reason for it to be reduced to Lula's foreign policy discourse strategy.

You know what? What's happening in Gaza right now never happened before. It also happened many times over. (see what I'm doing here? It's rhetoric).

Every genocide in history has been unique. Congo was literally Leopold II's private property when the genocide happened. Rwanda was so bloody because it mostly happened at knife-point. The Irish and Indian famines. The Khmer Rouge and the Armenian Genocide.

Every genocide in history has been the same. People suffered. People died. People had the culture, their history, erased and for no other reason than being who they were.

We will not compare human suffering. We will not quantify human tragedy. Please.

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Namibia Insurance Market: A Comprehensive Overview

The Namibia insurance market has experienced steady growth over the years, reflecting the country’s economic development and increasing awareness of financial security. As a developing market in Southern Africa, Namibia presents a mix of opportunities and challenges for insurance providers. This article delves into the key trends, drivers, and dynamics shaping the Namibia insurance market, offering insights for stakeholders and investors.

Market Overview

Namibia's insurance industry is characterized by a mix of life and non-life insurance products. The sector is regulated by the Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority (NAMFISA), ensuring transparency and protecting policyholders' interests. Despite the challenges of a relatively small population and economic fluctuations, the market is marked by high penetration rates compared to regional peers, demonstrating strong consumer awareness.

Key Drivers of Growth

Economic Stability: Namibia’s stable political environment and consistent economic growth have created a conducive atmosphere for insurance market expansion. The country’s natural resources, particularly mining, play a significant role in driving economic activity, indirectly boosting insurance demand.

Growing Middle Class: With a growing middle class, there is increased demand for insurance products, particularly life, health, and property insurance. Urbanization and rising disposable incomes have further fueled the uptake of insurance policies.

Government Initiatives: The Namibian government actively supports the development of the financial sector, including insurance, through policies that encourage innovation and inclusion.

Technological Advancements: Digitalization is transforming Namibia’s insurance industry. Mobile platforms, online services, and InsurTech solutions are improving accessibility and enhancing customer experience, especially in rural areas.

Challenges Facing the Market

Economic Inequality: A significant portion of the population still faces economic hardship, limiting access to insurance products for lower-income groups.

High Competition: The market has a relatively high number of insurance providers, creating competitive pricing and reducing profit margins for companies.

Low Awareness in Rural Areas: Despite overall high penetration rates, rural regions still lag in insurance awareness and accessibility, posing a challenge for industry players.

Emerging Opportunities

Microinsurance: Microinsurance products are gaining traction, offering affordable and accessible solutions tailored to low-income earners. This segment presents a significant growth opportunity for insurers.

Health Insurance: With rising healthcare costs, demand for comprehensive health insurance coverage is on the rise, offering a lucrative segment for providers to explore.

Agricultural Insurance: Given Namibia’s vulnerability to drought and climate change, agricultural insurance products are increasingly relevant for protecting farmers’ livelihoods.

Digital Transformation: Leveraging technology to reach underserved markets and streamline operations is a key growth area for insurers in Namibia.

Competitive Landscape

The Namibia insurance market is dominated by a few major players, including local and regional companies. These firms compete on product innovation, customer service, and pricing strategies. International insurers have also shown interest in the market, adding to the competitive dynamics.

Future Outlook

The Namibia insurance market is poised for steady growth, driven by economic development, increasing consumer awareness, and advancements in technology. While challenges such as inequality and rural penetration persist, innovative solutions and government support are likely to bridge these gaps. Insurers that focus on tailored products, digital transformation, and customer-centric approaches are well-positioned to capitalize on the market’s potential.

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Rigs report: deepwater discoveries explored in Namibia and Brazil

Off Africa, Galp and partners National Petroleum Corp of Namibia and Custos Energy are in the process of commercial evaluation of oil discoveries, while Brazil’s state-owned oil major Petrobras reported another oil discovery at a well in the Equatorial Margin

Last October, Brazilian federal agency IBAMA issued Petrobras an operating licence to drill two oil and gas exploration wells in deep waters in the Potiguar Basin on the Brazilian Equatorial Margin. Under the same environmental licence, Petrobras intends to drill Well 1-BRSA-1390-RNS (Anhangá) in the POT-M-762 concession, located 79 km off the coast of Rio Grande do Norte, next to the Pitu Oeste well.  

The Anhangá well was drilled with Ocyan Drilling’s NS-42 drillship. The resulting oil discovery is located near the border between Ceará and Rio Grande do Norte, about 190 km from Fortaleza and 250 km from Natal, at a water depth of 2,196 m on the Brazilian Equatorial Margin. 

This is the second discovery in the Potiguar Basin in 2024, but Petrobras cautioned both discoveries require further assessment. The company said it will continue exploratory activities in the POT-M-762_R15 concession, aiming to assess the reservoirs’ quality, the oil’s characteristics, and the technical-commercial viability of the accumulation. 

In the North Sea, Vår Energi made an oil discovery in the Ringhorne Nord (wells 25/8-23 S and 25/8-23 A & B), north of the Ringhorne Øst field, in the Balder area off Norway. The wells are located in the Vår Energi-operated North Sea licence 956 and were drilled with Odfjell’s Deepsea Yantai semi-submersible rig. 

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Lets Get Down to Business ;)

Personal interactions often emphasize mutual respect and awareness of social status. When meeting with Ovahimba people, especially elders, respectful greetings are essential and may include gestures like slightly lowering oneself to show respect. Additionally, patience is valued, as rushing greetings can be seen as impolite. A handshake may be customary among the Ovahimba, though this can vary depending on the person and their comfort with more formal or Western-style greetings. Topics typically center on family, community well-being, and local environmental conditions, as the Ovahimba have close ties to their pastoralist lifestyle and community. Discussing shared concerns, such as livestock health and environmental changes, can establish rapport. It is polite to avoid directly addressing financial or business matters until a connection is well-established. Traditional Ovahimba dress is distinct, with women wearing skirts made from animal skins and ochre-dyed body and hair coverings, while men and women both use jewelry to signify social status. In more formal or urban settings, some Ovahimba might wear modern attire, though many retain traditional dress as an expression of cultural pride. Business partners should dress respectfully and modestly to show regard for Ovahimba customs and avoid any actions that might be perceived as culturally insensitive. Stated by Jessica Fest in We Blog the World "If you would like to bring some presents to the Ovahimba, it is advised that you bring items they can use, like porridge, flour, rice, cooking oil, tobacco and tea/coffee. It is not recommended to bring items from the western world, like little presents for the kids or sweets. The Ovahimba tribe wants to maintain their own way of living."

In Namibia, job seekers and businesses face challenges due to limited communication infrastructure and language diversity. English is the official language, but many rural areas rely on local languages, complicating communication for non-native speakers. Most Namibians use English as a second or third language; many local terminology have been absorbed; this new hybrid language is sometimes called Namlish. The nation’s sparsely populated geography adds to these difficulties, making networking and job searching harder in remote regions. Furthermore, Namibia’s high unemployment rate and relatively small, specialized job market create additional hurdles for job seekers, particularly those without advanced skills or education.

When faced with difficulties within the work environment, especially with an employee who may have recently moved from another country, understanding how to build awareness of cultural attitudes, foster collaborative decision making, and offering conflict management support, will help employees navigate through the work place. For example; organizing a team meeting or orientation to emphasize variations in work attitudes—such as hierarchy versus teamwork—which could vary depending on collectivist and communal principles of Namibia; give your new hire time to get used to the more direct, fast-paced feedback styles that are typical in American workplaces by promoting a balanced approach that values both independent and collaborative decision-making; give dispute resolution advice while recognizing that your new hire might feel less at ease with direct confrontation. To ensure that cultural norms are understood, promote open lines of communication and provide an example of how to resolve conflicts.You can establish an inclusive workplace that values cultural diversity and fosters teamwork by implementing these tactics.

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According to Raphael Lemkin, who first defined the term genocide, it... does not necessarily mean the immediate destruction of a nation, except when accomplished by mass killings of all members of a nation. It is intended rather to signify a coordinated plan of different actions aiming at the destruction of essential foundations of the life of national groups, with the aim of annihilating the groups themselves. The objectives of such a plan would be disintegration of the political and social institutions, of culture, language, national feelings, religion, and the economic existence of national groups, and the destruction of the personal security, liberty, health, dignity, and even the lives of the individuals belonging to such groups.[3] All modern colonial governments starting with the Spanish conquistadors in America could easily be accused of promoting such "cultural disintegration" or of causing "mental harm," and hence, perhaps, of genocide. Third, denial of the Ovaherero genocide is widespread in Germany and among descendents of colonial settlers in present-day Namibia. The absence of exact figures on the size of the Ovaherero population before 1904 and on the number killed in 1904 is emphasized by the specialists in genocide denial, despite the fact that the decisive criterion for genocide is intention, not the degree of success. The Germans clearly intended to exterminate their Ovaherero subjects, and this goal was approved at the highest levels of the German metropolitan government in Berlin. A final reason some Germans may be reluctant to acknowledge the character of the events of 1904 may be the desire not to be saddled with official responsibility for yet another case of genocide—especially one that some historians interpret as having laid part of the groundwork for the Nazi Holocaust. In Thomas Pynchon's novel V, Southwest Africa is described as setting the stage for Nazism, and in Gravity's Rainbow the Ovaherero resurface in Nazi Germany as the "Schwarzkommando" who worship a rocket program and are dressed in pieces "of old Wehrmacht and SS uniforms." This is of course entirely fictional, but it does gesture toward the widespread sense of continuity between "Southwest Africa" and Nazism, and toward Ovaherero survivors' adoption of many of the cultural attributes of their oppressors after 1904.

The First Genocide of the 20th Century and its Postcolonial Afterlives: Germany and the Namibian Ovaherero

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President Samuel Shafiishuna Daniel Nujoma (born May 12, 1929) is a Namibian revolutionary, anti-apartheid activist, and politician who served three terms as the first President of Namibia. He was a founding member and the first president of the South West Africa People’s Organization. SWAPO was known as the Ovambo People’s Organisation. He played an important role as leader of the national liberation movement in campaigning for Namibia’s political independence from South African rule. He established the People’s Liberation Army of Namibia and launched a guerrilla war against the apartheid government of South Africa at Omungulugwombashe, beginning after the UN withdrew the mandate for South Africa to govern the territory. He led SWAPO during the lengthy Namibian War of Independence.

He became involved in anti-colonial politics. He co-founded and served as the first president of the Ovamboland People’s Organization, a nationalist organization advocating an independent Namibia. He was an organizer of the Old Location resistance and was arrested and deported to Ovamboland. He escaped and went into exile in Tanzania. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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"[...] The OTA and the NTLA often make historical connections between the genocide they suffered and the Holocaust. ‘We always felt empathy and affinity with the Jewish people as survivors of a German genocide, and were inspired by their quest for reparation,’ their statement reads. ‘This is not only because we too experienced genocide, but because the Jewish Holocaust is directly linked to what happened at Shark Island and other German-established extermination camps on our lands.’

There are clear continuities between the two German genocides. Many of the key elements of the Nazi system – the systematic extermination of peoples seen as racially inferior, racial laws, the concept of Lebensraum, the transportation of people in cattle trucks for forced labour in concentration camps – had been employed half a century earlier in South-West Africa. Heinrich Göring, the colonial governor of South-West Africa who tried to negotiate with Hendrik Witbooi, was Hermann Göring’s father.

The claim that there is a relationship between colonialism and National Socialism may still be controversial in German academic and political circles, as well as in the media, but it is certainly not new. In The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951), Hannah Arendt argued that ‘European imperialism played a crucial role in the development of Nazi totalitarianism and associated genocides.’ The ‘boomerang effect’, as defined by Aimé Césaire, identified European fascism as the homecoming of colonial violence. In 1947, W.E.B. Du Bois wrote that ‘there was no Nazi atrocity – concentration camps, wholesale maiming and murder, defilement of women, or ghastly blasphemy of childhood – which the Christian civilisation of Europe had not long been practising against coloured folks in all parts of the world.’ These connections have been discussed more recently by David Olusoga and Casper W. Erichsen in The Kaiser’s Holocaust (2010), and by Juergen Zimmerer in From Windhoek to Auschwitz? (2019). The links between the genocide in South-West Africa and the Holocaust depend on something else that Zimmerer makes clear: the colonial dimension of the Nazi exterminatory war in Eastern Europe. As Timothy Snyder put it, colonial ambitions transformed the ‘black earth’ of the Ukrainian steppe into ‘bloodlands’ of ethnic conquest, enslavement and genocide. After imperial Germany lost its colonial empire in the First World War, the Nazis planned to attain Lebensraum by colonising the fertile, food-producing regions in Ukraine, where the majority of Eastern European Jews lived. Germany’s colonial policies may have been factors in the near total destruction of Jews and the enslavement of Slavic peoples in Eastern Europe, but the imperial-colonial dimension can’t explain every aspect of the Holocaust, which has ideological roots in a European antisemitism that long predates colonialism.

The connection between the Namibian genocide and the Holocaust isn’t only academic. In 2017, plaintiffs representing Nama and Ovaherero organisations brought a class-action lawsuit against Germany in New York City, claiming that some of the wealth derived from slave labour and the expropriation of property in former South-West Africa had been invested there. They demanded the same legal redress and reparations that Jewish Holocaust survivors had received. Two years later the judge announced that the case had no legal standing, and it was dismissed.[...]"

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How Safeguarding Democracy can Mitigate Refugee Crisis

Robert Kigongo- Political Analyst   By Robert Kigongo. Africa is covered with sad news of the demise of H.E Hage Geingob the sitting Namibian President who lost his life at the Age of 82 and was immediately replaced with President Nangolo Mbumba. According to the Namibian Constitution, former Vice President Nangolo Mbumba stirred the country through a transition until elections for a new…