Young people are encouraged to build the skills needed to succeed in an increasingly digital and changing world as the global community marks World Youth Skills Day 2026.

Namibia's Special Olympics Unified Women's Football Team has written a new chapter in the country's sporting history. After winning their first Unified Football World Cup title in Paris, the champions returned with a second Special Olympics gold medal and a N$250,000 reward for their achievement.

Most health facilities in the Kunene Region have access to information and communication technology.

The region has three district hospitals, three health centres, 28 clinics, 222 outreach points and one health point.

Southern Africa emerged as a suicide epicentre, dominating the list of African countries with the highest suicide rates, as World Health Organisation data unearthed a regional crisis.

Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema has accorded that country's former Vice President Guy Scott, who died on Wednesday, a five-day period of national mourning.

The 82-year-old Zambian-born Guy Lindsay Scott was at some point the first and only white president of an independent African country.