Namibia has purchased two commercial farms near the Etosha National Park on behalf of a tribe of San who were evicted from their ancestral lands inside the famed game reserve 100 years ago, a minister said. ”This will lead to huge tourism potential for the Hai//om community,” said Namibian Environment and Tourism Minister Willem Konjore.

Equatorial Guinea has begun supplying fuel-starved Zimbabwe with oil at favourable terms for an unspecified period, Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe said. ”They are providing us with crude oil at favourable terms. We only have to pay after every three months,” Mugabe said on Wednesday night in Windhoek.