Lisa Ossenbrink

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz criticized Russia's invasion of Ukraine strongly and called for greater cooperation to uphold the international order.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called Russia's invasion of Ukraine an act of "imperialism plain and simple" at the UN General Assembly in New York City on Friday.
Scholz harshly criticized Russia's invasion of Ukraine, decrying Putin's motivation behind the war. "There is no justification whatsoever for Russia’s war of occupation against Ukraine. ...

Windhoek, Namibia – On stage, Lioness can mesmerise an audience, keeping eye contact as she holds the microphone close, the crowd singing and dancing along. In normal times, that is where the 27-year-old performer would prefer to be. But these are not normal times and the Namibian rapper – whose real name is La-Toya Mwoombola – has another place where she is just as comfortable as on stage.

Windhoek, Namibia – The Okavango Delta is home to some of the world’s most threatened species, including endangered African wild dogs and cheetah, white rhinoceros, black rhinoceros, and lions.

The delta – a World Heritage site recognised by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization – is also pivotal to the water supply for the Kalahari Desert, and its unique ecosystems draw large numbers of tourists eager to explore its biodiversity each year. The region holds sacr...

Windhoek, Namibia – When Bertha Tobias first headed to the streets of Namibia’s capital last week, she had one clear goal in mind: Shut it all down.
The young activist, like many of the hundreds of other protesters in Windhoek, was enraged after news emerged that police believed to have found in the dunes of the port town of Walvis Bay the remains of Shannon Wasserfall, a woman in her early 20s who had gone missing in April.
Demanding justice, like-minded campaigners swiftly mobilised through...

The news left Laidlaw Peringanda angry and disappointed.
“If the German government wants to reconcile, they need to give us our dignity back,” said the 47-year-old. “But that can’t happen as long as they are excluding us.”

Unterprivilegierte Frauen in Namibia tragen die Last der Pandemie verstärkt auf ihren Rücken. Größere finanzielle Not, mehr Pflegearbeit und häusliche Gewalt treffen die marginalisierte Gruppe inmitten von Armut und Aussichtslosigkeit mehr als den Rest der Bevölkerung.

The escalating conflict in Ukraine will lead to immense civilian casualties, soaring humanitarian needs, and likely one of the biggest new displacement crises in recent years, aid agencies warn.

More than 600,000 thousand people have fled Ukraine, according to the UNHCR, and the refugee agency estimates that 4 million will flee in the coming months.

The Ukrainian crisis will lead to large numbers of internally displaced people as well, and its impact will be felt by a lot of people for a long...

Why the minority German-Namibian community still lives apart from the rest of the country
Walking through Windhoek, Namibia’s capital, you find remnants of German colonialism around every corner: in the architecture of the buildings, the monuments in the parks, even the street names, most of which are written in German. Imagine growing up in a country where you can’t understand basic road signs. This is the reality for the majority of Namibians.
German colonialism in Namibia
Namibia was colon...

Namafu Amutse ist erst 22 Jahre alt, als ihre erste Ausstellung „Bright Eyes Into Afrofuturism“ das Café „Prestige“ in Windhuk mit Gästen füllt. Für sie bedeutet das neue Genre, Stereotype zu durchbrechen und endlich selbst im Mittelpunkt einer Geschichte zu stehen, statt als Objekt behandelt zu werden.

Namibia und das benachbarte Botsuana galten jahrzehntelang als eine Art Vorreiter beim Tierschutz. Doch die dramatischen Trockenperioden der vergangenen Jahre haben zwischen Bevölkerung und Wildtieren einen immer stärkeren Wettlauf um den kostbaren Lebensraum ausgelöst.

Viel Wüste, wenig Wasser - und ganz viele Elefanten: Südafrikas Nachbarstaat Namibia galt ebenso wie das benachbarte Botsuana jahrzehntelang als Vorreiter beim Tierschutz.
Doch die dramatischen Trockenperioden der vergangenen Jahre haben in dem Wüstenstaat zwischen Bevölkerung und Wildtieren einen immer stärkeren Wettlauf um kostbaren Lebensraum ausgelöst.

Anhaltende Dürreperioden verschärfen im südlichen Afrika den Kampf um den Lebensraum zwischen Mensch und Tier. Namibia hat eine Lösung gefunden, die Tierschützer jedoch international auf die Palme bringt.