Top stories
🇳🇦 NamibiaHealth

11-year-old boy drowns in Gobabis, Namibia

By , based on The Namibian

Map: Gobabis, Namibia

Immanuel Eisig, an 11-year-old Namibian boy, drowned at Tilda Viljoen Dam in Gobabis after going swimming with four other children. His body was found near where his clothes had been discovered, according to a Namibian police report published on Sunday.

Immanuel Eisig, an 11-year-old Namibian boy, drowned on Wednesday 7 October at Tilda Viljoen Dam in Gobabis while swimming there with four other children. Namibian police reported the incident in a statement published on Sunday, according to The Namibian.

The child’s body was found in the direction of the place where his clothes had been discovered the previous day. The other four boys who were with him were aged between six and 11, according to the police.

The rest of this article is for subscribers.

Try AFREEQUE!

12,000+ readers already get the AFREEQUE newsletter

  • Every article in full: all the news from Africa, summarised and easy to read
  • A local source in 52 of the continent’s 54 countries
  • 100% independent: no advertising, no shareholders
  • The satisfaction of supporting an independent African news outlet that serves its readers

Discovery offer

€1

for 15 days

then €9.99/month

Try it for €1

No commitment · cancel in one click
New subscribers only

🔒 Secure payment with:

Mastercard, Visa, Google Pay and Apple Pay

Already a subscriber? Log in

Summary produced with the help of artificial intelligence tools, under AFREEQUE’s editorial responsibility.

Share this article

Related stories

Oregon school shooting leaves four dead, including three children

A shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, killed four people: three children aged 5, 8 and 11 and a teacher, according to police. The 16-year-old shooter, a Bend resident, was killed by an armed bystander; a 7-year-old child and another teacher were seriously injured, Citizen reports.

🌍 World · Source: Citizen ·

Gunman kills four people at Oregon primary school

A gunman killed four people, including three children aged 5, 8 and 11, at Silver Rail Primary School in Oregon before being shot dead by a community member. A 7-year-old pupil and a 54-year-old teacher are in critical condition in hospital, according to Daily Maverick.

🌍 World · Source: Daily Maverick ·

Sudanese army drone kills four civilians in West Kordofan

Four civilians were killed and several others injured when a Sudanese army drone targeted their vehicle near Ankouch, in West Kordofan state, according to the Kordofan Observatory. The passengers were travelling from Abu Qalb locality to Al-Mazroub, in North Kordofan, to receive medical care and buy essential goods, reports Sudan Tribune.

🇸🇩 Sudan · Source: Sudantribune ·

Namibian justice authorities honour Justine Shiweda

Namibia’s Office of the Prosecutor-General honours Justine Shiweda, a control prosecutor, a year after the attack that seriously injured her in Ondangwa. Acting Prosecutor-General Martha Imalwa will lead a family visit and memorial ceremony in the Oshana region, according to Observer24.

🇳🇦 Namibia · Source: Observer24 ·

🇳🇦 Latest from Namibia

Only 17% of children in Opuwo access pre-primary educationOnly 17% of children in Opuwo access pre-primary educationA delegation from the European Union, Unicef and the Namibian government assessed pre-primary education, nutrition and health programmes supported in the Kunene region. Only 17% of children in the region attend a pre-primary centre, compared with 24% nationally, The Namibian reports.All Namibia news →

Health in Southern Africa

Map: MozambiqueAngola leaves 6.2 million tonnes of waste in the environmentAngola leaves more than 6.2 million tonnes of waste a year in streets, vacant lots and waterways, according to its national report on urban waste. Of the 8.3 million tonnes produced, only 2.06 million are collected by formal services and less than 10% recycled, Expansão reports.All Health news →

The week in Africa

This week’s highlights

  1. ECOWAS and AES open technical talks in Dakar🇸🇳 Senegal
  2. Ebola: Kenyan medical union reports seven cases and threatens strike🇰🇪 Kenya
  3. Trump lifts US sanctions targeting Russian energy🌍 World
  4. Sudan’s Jibril Ibrahim warns of food supply risks linked to Gulf tensions🇸🇩 Sudan
  5. dLocal and Western Union launch wallet disbursements in Cameroon🇨🇲 Cameroon
All of this week’s highlights →

Africa in your inbox

Be the first to get our letter in English: the essentials from every region of the continent, free.

← Back to the news