Namibia: More Than 8,000 GBV Cases Reported in Two Years

Namibian Police inspector general Joseph Shikongo says 8 076 gender-based violence (GBV) cases were recorded countrywide over the past two years.

Of these, 521 cases were reported in the Kavango East region.

He revealed these statistics in a speech read on his behalf by deputy commissioner Eino Nambahu during the fourth men’s conference at Rundu on Friday.

“I would like to call upon all men in Namibia, and the Kavango East region in particular, to step up and be advocates of change against GBV,”…