The Namibia Press Agency (NAMPA) is the state-owned national news agency of Namibia, initially founded in 1987 and officially established in 1991 following Namibia’s independence. The agency was created under the Namibia Press Agency Act of 1992, which formalized its status as the country’s official news agency. NAMPA covers government affairs, sports, education, and the economy, and has partnered with several international news agencies, including Agence France-Presse, Deutsche Presse-Agentur, China’s official Xinhua News Agency (新华社), and Russia’s state-run Sputnik. The agency has also faced questions about editorial independence; in October 2002, the Committee to Protect Journalists asserted that NAMPA had “long practiced self-censorship on contentious issues” and accused the agency of being a government mouthpiece, criticism that has persisted in subsequent years.