La Guaira, Venezuela, June 27, 2026 (AFP) - 'We need help': Venezuelans furious at slow official response to quakes

NAMPA / AFP

2026-06-27

Boos followed Venezuela's interim leader Delcy Rodriguez during a visit to a Caracas neighborhood pulverized by two massive earthquakes. "The government isn't doing anything for the people," residents yelled from behind a cordon on Friday, many of whom had loved ones trapped under the debris. "Get out! Get out!" they shouted at Rodriguez. Three days after powerful tremors of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 killed 1,430 people and left more than 50,000 miss......

Restricted content

Environmental

Paris, France, June 27, 2026 (AFP) - France deaths 'higher than normal' due to heatwave: Health Minister

2026-06-27 22:30:17

2026-06-27 21:30:28

Paris, France, June 27, 2026 (AFP) - France deaths 'higher than normal' due to heatwave: Health Minister

2026-06-27 21:30:28

Copenhagen, June 27, 2026 (AFP) - Denmark records hottest day on record at 37C: weather service

2026-06-27 21:30:28

Caracas, June 27, 2026 (AFP) - What we know about the foreign victims of Venezuela's quakes

2026-06-27 21:00:23

La Guaira, Venezuela, June 27, 2026 (AFP) - Venezuela quakes kill almost 1,500, with millions more in need

2026-06-27 20:30:08

Caracas, June 27, 2026 (AFP) - What we know about the foreign victims of Venezuela's quakes

2026-06-27 20:30:08

Berlin, June 27, 2026 (AFP) - Records tumble as European heatwave moves east

2026-06-27 20:30:08

United Nations, United States, June 27, 2026 (AFP) - Quake damage cost equivalent to 6% of Venezuela's GDP: UN

2026-06-27 20:00:16

Caracas, June 27, 2026 (AFP) - Venezuela quake toll rises to 1,430: national assembly chief

2026-06-27 20:00:16

Latest NAMPA photos

WINDHOEK, 26 June 2026 - The government achieved a significant milestone by officially launching the revised National Resettlement Policy (2023–2033) on Friday in Windhoek. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

NAMPA

CAPE TOWN, 26 June 2026 - SACU leaders concluded their 9th Summit on Friday. Pictured: Advocate Duma Boko (Botswana), Dr Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (Namibia), Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa (South Africa), King Mswati III (Eswatini), and Samuel Ntsokoane Matekane (Lesotho), met in South Africa to strengthen regional value chains and finalise the bloc’s strategic development plans. (Photo: Namibia Presidency) NAMPA.

NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 25 June 2026 - Walvis Bay Private School was awarded Peer Promoter and the School Award during the Namibia Blood Transfusion Service (NAMBTS) Erongo Donor Awards ceremony that took place in Swakopmund. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 26 June 2026 - President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has departed for Cape Town, South Africa, to participate in the 9th SACU Summit of Heads of State and Government. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 01 December 2025 - Khomas Governor Sam Nujoma has reported that the region is close to meeting the UN's 95 percent HIV status awareness target, adopted by Member States in June 2021. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 11 November 2025 - The upgrade of the Windhoek-Okahandja Section 4A road to dual carriageway freeway standard has been completed at a contract value of approximately N$1 billion, creating 379 jobs, as Khomas Region’s active roads programme now spans contracts exceeding N$1.9 billion across four major projects. (Photo contributed) NAMPA

NAMPA