Namibia: Diplomat says mass protests of Northern Africa unlikely in South.

Text of report by privately-owned, widely-read daily newspaper The Namibian website on 22 February

[Report by Catherine Sasman: "Nam, Libya Relations Unchanged"]

Veteran diplomat and Speaker of Parliament Theo-Ben Gurirab says Namibia's relationship with Libya will remain the same despite the violent reprisals against pro-democracy protesters there over the weekend.

Gurirab, who is also the president of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), said existing bilateral relationships are between nations, and not governments.

While the telephone line at the Libyan Embassy in Windhoek remained unanswered yesterday, the Egyptian ambassador to Namibia, Dr …