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Justicia Shipena The Alte Feste Museum restoration project in Windhoek was hit by a setback after the U.S. Ambassador’s Cultural Preservation Fund withdrew its grant. The withdrawal left a funding shortfall for the revival of the country's oldest building as a cultural hub for remembrance, arts, and heritage. In April last year, then U.S. ambassador to Namibia Randy Berry announced a grant of US$250,000 (about N$4.75 million) through the Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation. The grant was awarded to the Namibia Craft Centre to support the renovation of Alte Feste, a recognised heritage site under the custodianship of the Ministry…