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Nujoma to sue newspaper

    JOHANNESBURG

    President Sam Nujoma of Namibia intends to sue the weekly ‘Windhoek Observer’ newspaper for claiming that he owns a diamond mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), media reports said.

    The reports said Namibia’s Justice Minister and Attorney-general Ngarikutuke Tjiriange confirmed on Friday that he was aware of plans to sue the newspaper, although he still has to receive instructions to continue with the plan.

    The newspaper’s article, published on 3 June, claimed that a 25 square km open cast diamond mine at Maji Munene, situated 45 km from Tshikapa in the DRC, was handed over to Namibian army officials last August. The paper had reportedly named two army officials - which it said were closely linked to Nujoma’s State House - as running the mine.

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