{"id":8308,"date":"2021-12-30T13:33:51","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T13:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/nujomas-office-defends-kabila-meeting"},"modified":"2021-12-30T16:34:31","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T16:34:31","slug":"nujomas-office-defends-kabila-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/nujomas-office-defends-kabila-meeting","title":{"rendered":"Nujoma&#8217;s office defends Kabila meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span><b>THE office of former president Sam Nujoma have defended a meeting between Nujoma and the ex-Democratic Republic of Congo leader Joseph Kabila.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Nujoma&#8217;s senior special assistant Paul Shipale issued a statement on Wednesday claiming that the meeting between the two leaders at Walvis Bay was no secret.<\/p>\n<p>He said Kabila visited Nujoma on 7 November 2021, after travelling from a South African university where he \u201cdefended his master&#8217;s thesis in political science on leadership in the DRC\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting attracted attention from several powerful individuals in Namibia and DRC. People familiar with this matter said the meeting between Nujoma and Kabila cropped up in a conversation between Geingob and current DRC president Felix Tshisekedi two weeks ago, with<\/p>\n<p>Tshisekedi allegedly questioning Kabila&#8217;s trip to Namibia. Shipale said Nujoma and Kabila discussed matters of shared national interest and bilateral relations between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe two leaders recalled the longstanding fraternal bonds of friendship and solidarity that had existed between the people of the DRC and the people of Namibia.&#8221; Shipale said Kabila thanked Namibia for the political, material and diplomatic support it had provided to the DRC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKabila said the people of Namibia demonstrated their kindness, humanity, and ubuntu, in the spirit of pan-Africanism, not only to the DRC, but also to other SADC member states.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Shipale said Nujoma was initially invited to the coast for a cleaning campaign, accompanied by environment minister Pohamba Shifeta, Kunene governor Marius Sheya and Namidaman Traditional Authority chief Jeremiah Gaobaeb.<\/p>\n<p>The Namibian established that Kabila and a 28-strong security detail in 10 vehicles entered the country at Oranjemund from Cape Town, South Africa, on 6 November, and spent two weeks in Namibia.<\/p>\n<p>Kabila&#8217;s trip was undertaken as a global media investigation was finalising an expos\u00e9 on how between N$2,2 billion and N$3,6 billion was embezzled from the DRC during his last term in office. Kabila has since threatened to sue The Namibian for two articles published this month.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\">Namibia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. THE office of former president Sam Nujoma have defended a meeting between Nujoma and the ex-Democratic Republic of Congo leader Joseph Kabila. Nujoma&#8217;s senior special assistant Paul Shipale issued a statement on Wednesday claiming that the meeting between the two leaders at Walvis Bay was no secret. 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