Opinion - Despite its vast resource wealth - diamonds, uranium, lithium, cobalt, graphite and copper - Namibia is still locked into South Africa's economic orbit.

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A SLUMP in the diamond market would create a difficult fiscal backdrop for Namibia despite the southern African country forecasting modest growth this year. This is according to a report by Reuters ...

But, as the diamonds ran out, it became abandoned and buried in the desert. Show more In the early 1900s, the first diamond was found in Kolmanskop, in the African country of Namibia. It led to a ...

Southern Africa's desert nation of Namibia swore in its first woman president Friday after Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah won elections last year that extended the ruling party's 35-year grip on power.

Namibia is geographically a large country with a small population of about 3 million (2024) and a 1,500 km-long coastline on the South Atlantic. The country is rich in mineral resources, including ...