{"id":23535,"date":"2026-02-10T05:16:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T03:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/ten-countries-reaffirm-diplomatic-ties-with-namibia\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:34:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:34:19","slug":"ten-countries-reaffirm-diplomatic-ties-with-namibia","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/ten-countries-reaffirm-diplomatic-ties-with-namibia\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten countries reaffirm diplomatic ties with Namibia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ten countries have reaffirmed their diplomatic relations with Namibia, highlighting priority areas of co\u2011operation including trade, tourism, infrastructure development and exchange programmes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, President Netumbo Nandi\u2011Ndaitwah received letters of credence from the envoys during a ceremony at State House, formally accrediting them to serve in the country. The countries represented were Kenya, Botswana, Gabon, New Zealand, Georgia, Ireland, Tunisia, Mauritania, Vietnam and Guinea.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The move signals renewed commitment to strengthening bilateral relations and expanding collaboration in sectors seen as critical to Namibia\u2019s economic growth and development.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gabon\u2019s Ambassador to Namibia, Edwige Koumby Missando, said the ceremony marked an important step in deepening partnerships between Namibia and the represented nations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a moment to reaffirm our commitment to working closely with Namibia in areas that matter for development, trade, tourism, infrastructure and people-to-people exchanges. We see great potential to strengthen co-operation for the mutual benefit of our countries,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":23536,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-23535","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Ten countries have reaffirmed their diplomatic relations with Namibia","published_date":"2026-02-10 07:16:16","news_description":"Ten countries have reaffirmed their diplomatic relations with Namibia","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26471,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23535\/revisions\/26471"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=23535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}