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GOCHAS, 20 January 2026 - Minister of Education, Sanet Steenkamp, officially opened the Namaqua Kalahari Children’s Hope Hostel at Gochas on Tuesday. The hostel was donated by the Spanish-based ‘Foundawtion’ organisation. (Photo: Contributed)
BUKALO, 19 January 2026 - Works and Transport Minister, Veikko Nekundi on Monday visited the Bukalo-Muyako road to inspect progress on the site. (Photo: Michael Mutonga Liswaniso) NAMPA
ONDANGWA, 20 JANUARY 2026 - The Ondangwa Town Council has expressed concern over the increasing vandalism of street and road regulatory signs within the town, warning that the acts pose safety risks to road users and place an unnecessary financial burden on the local authority. (Photo: Contributed)
SWAKOPMUND, 20 January 2026 - The Erongo regional centre for the Cancer Association of Namibia (CAN). (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA
WINDHOEK, 17 January 2026 - UNHCR country representative Kavita Belani (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA
SWAKOPMUND, 16 January 2026 - Learners at the Swakopmund Secondary School being addressed by Information, Communication and Technology Emma Theofelus. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA
EPUKIRO, 14 January 2026 - Epukiro Secondary School's staff celebrates the school's achievement in the Grade 12 NSSCAS results. (Photo: Contributed)
WINDHOEK, 14 January 2026 - Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts and Culture, Sanet Steenkamp pictured during the official announcement of the 2025 NSSCO and NSSCAS examination results in Windhoek. (Photo by: Justina Shuumbwa) NAMPA
(260120) -- JOHANNESBURG, Jan. 20, 2026 (Xinhua) -- South African President Cyril Ramaphosa inspects flood-hit areas in Nkomazi, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa, on Jan. 19, 2026. Weeks of persistent heavy rainfall and widespread flooding have struck several countries in Southern Africa, including South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, leaving more than 200 people dead, destroying property and prompting large-scale evacuations and rescue operations. South Africa's National Disaster Management Centre declared a national disaster on Sunday as heavy rains and flooding continued to batter northern parts of the country. (GCIS/Handout via Xinhua)
(260120) -- JOHANNESBURG, Jan. 20, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 19, 2026 shows a road damaged by floods in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. Weeks of persistent heavy rainfall and widespread flooding have struck several countries in Southern Africa, including South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, leaving more than 200 people dead, destroying property and prompting large-scale evacuations and rescue operations. South Africa's National Disaster Management Centre declared a national disaster on Sunday as heavy rains and flooding continued to batter northern parts of the country. (GCIS/Handout via Xinhua)
(260120) -- JOHANNESBURG, Jan. 20, 2026 (Xinhua) -- South African President Cyril Ramaphosa inspects flood-hit areas in Nkomazi, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa, on Jan. 19, 2026. Weeks of persistent heavy rainfall and widespread flooding have struck several countries in Southern Africa, including South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, leaving more than 200 people dead, destroying property and prompting large-scale evacuations and rescue operations. South Africa's National Disaster Management Centre declared a national disaster on Sunday as heavy rains and flooding continued to batter northern parts of the country. (GCIS/Handout via Xinhua)
(260120) -- JOHANNESBURG, Jan. 20, 2026 (Xinhua) -- South African President Cyril Ramaphosa inspects flood-hit areas in Nkomazi, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa, on Jan. 19, 2026. Weeks of persistent heavy rainfall and widespread flooding have struck several countries in Southern Africa, including South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, leaving more than 200 people dead, destroying property and prompting large-scale evacuations and rescue operations. South Africa's National Disaster Management Centre declared a national disaster on Sunday as heavy rains and flooding continued to batter northern parts of the country. (GCIS/Handout via Xinhua)
(260120) -- UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 20, 2026 (Xinhua) -- The first session of the Preparatory Committee for the UN Conference of Plenipotentiaries on Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity is held at the UN headquarters in New York, Jan. 19, 2026. TO GO WITH "Preparatory committee for UN conference on crimes against humanity opens 1st session" (Xinhua/Zhang Fengguo)
(260120) -- UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 20, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Sun Lei (C), charge d'affaires of the Chinese Permanent Mission to the United Nations, speaks at the First Session of the Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Humanity, at the UN headquarters in New York, Jan. 19, 2026. TO GO WITH "Combating crimes against humanity must comply with UN Charter, int'l law: Chinese envoy" (Xinhua/Zhang Fengguo)
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz stands in front of a bed of flowers as he visits the house and garden section of the "Gruene Woche" (Green Week) International Agriculture Fair in Berlin on January 20, 2026. The 100th edition of the Green Week, one of the world's leading events in the food, agriculture and horticulture sectors, will be running from January 16 to 25, 2026, and some 1600 exhibitors from over 50 countries are presenting their products and services. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)
Relatives of political prisoners protest in front of the public prosecutor's office in Caracas on January 20, 2026. Dozens of journalists, government critics and activists have been freed in Venezuela since the US military deposed Nicolas Maduro this month. Rights group Foro Penal counts 90 political prisoner releases since January 8, while interim president Delcy Rodriguez says 406 people have been freed since December. Several prominent opposition figures, however, remain jailed despite US pressure (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP)
