Namibia

The World Food Programme (WFP) says it needs help urgently to continue feeding about 19,500 mainly Angolan refugees in Namibia beyond March.

The Namibian government has lodged an appeal against a High Court ruling that it provides free legal representation to 128 high treason suspects.

The United Nations refugee agency in Namibia has expressed concern over the fact that 80 suspected Angolan UNITA rebels who have been held in Dordabis, about 100 km southeast of the capital Windhoek, have not appeared in court for around 18 months.

Political analysts and commentators have hailed President Sam Nujoma's decision not to stand for re-election in 2004 as positive for his ruling party, SWAPO, for Namibia and for the southern African region.

The World Food Programme has warned of possible breaks in the food pipeline in Namibia in January if it does not secure donor funding soon.

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