GAFTAG concludes 33 years of defence cooperation with Namibia

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2025-12-04

SWAKOPMUND, 12 March 2025 - Erongo Governor Neville Andre Itope photographed alongside the EU Ambassador to Namibia Ana Beatriz Martin, German Ambassador to Namibia Dr. Thorsten Hutter, Angolan Ambassador to Namibia Jovelina Imperial e Costa as well as other European ambassadors to Namibia at the launch of the Blue Benguela Current Action, an initiative aimed at protecting and sustainably managing the Benguela Current Large. Marine Ecosystem. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 04 DEC (NAMPA) – The German Armed Forces Technical Advisory Group (GAFTAG) on Tuesday officially concluded its 33-year mission in Namibia, marking the end of one of the longest-running bilateral defence cooperation programmes between the two nations.
The Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in a media statement on Wednesday said GAFTAG, which began operations in January 1992 shortly after Namibia’s independence, provided technical...

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