Two areas in the Kunene region at Puros and Ehirovipuka have been earmarked by the government for conservation. Five percent of the country's land now falls under government conservation efforts.
Human rights monitors say two civilians were shot dead by a detachment of Special Field Force on a routine patrol along the Okavango River, some 130 km east of Rundu.
Namibia will introduce a land tax on commercial farmland to augment government's efforts in developing the neglected communal areas as well as to acquire more commercial land for resettlement purposes.
The Media Institute of Southern Africa said in a statement on Wednesday that it was "gravely concerned" about the restrictive provisions contained in the proposed Defence Bill. The Namibian government on Tuesday tabled a law aimed at limiting media coverage of security and defence issues.
