Word: windhoek
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...serious about bringing peace to the Middle East, perhaps it is time to mention the S word--sanctions--against Washington's closest Middle Eastern ally. They may be unthinkable, but sanctions could do wonders to prompt sensible Israelis into taking some control over their own destiny again. JOHN GROBLER Windhoek, Namibia...
...warehouse is someplace in Windhoek, capital of the southern African nation of Namibia. The exact location is a closely guarded secret for the treasure it conceals is so precious that it is informally known as "white gold." Inside, in room after room, stuffed onto metal shelves that reach from floor to ceiling, are tens of tons of gleaming ivory--the tusks of African elephants carefully collected by government agents over the past seven years and stockpiled here. The cache is valued at hundreds of millions of dollars...
These arguments are terribly frustrating to officials in Namibia, Zimbabwe and Botswana, who believe they are being punished, not rewarded, for their excellent conservation record. "This opposition," reads a document issued at a recent meeting of conservation ministers in Windhoek, "comes mainly from people far removed from the realities of southern African wildlife conservation." It's those outsiders, however, who hold the key to the secret tusk warehouses. Unless their concerns are answered, Africa's white gold could stay locked up for the foreseeable future...
...Gwendolyn Lister, 42, editor of The Namibian, Windhoek. Lister will focus her study on democracy, human rights and related areas such as press freedom, freedom of speech and the media. She also intends to pursue courses in political philosophy, ethics and writing...
...meeting was the first ever between a high-level U.S. official and black nationalist leader Nelson Mandela -- and it was not quite all U.S. Secretary of State James Baker could have hoped for. After a 35-minute session last Wednesday at Mandela's villa in Windhoek, where both men were on hand to witness the birth of Namibia as a free nation, Baker and Mandela emerged to face a swarm of reporters and photographers. Mandela criticized Baker's plans to meet with South African President F.W. de Klerk in Cape Town the next day. "We do not think there...