SWAKOPMUND, 11 September 2026 - National Planning Commission Director General Ambassador Kaire Mbuende, Erongo Governor Natalia /Goagoses, Chief Regional Officer Sam Ntelamo and other regional leaders among beneficiaries at the Erongo Governor’s Fish Consumption Promotion Project in Swakopmund. (Photo contributed)

WINDHOEK, 14 September 2026 - Petrol and diesel price rises pushed Windhoek's inflation to 5.9% in August 2026, above the national rate of 5.0%, Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) said recently. (Photo: Contributed)

WINDHOEK, 13 September 2026 - Liberation struggle veteran, former Robben Island prisoner, and lifelong workers' rights advocate Helao Joseph Shityuwete was laid to rest at the Gammams Cemetery in Pionierspark, Windhoek, on Sunday following a state funeral. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 12 September 2026 - Vipers and Keetmanshoop Rams Rugby Clubs players (in blue/dark blue and white, blue and red) while in action during the second semifinals of the Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) First Division championship trophy at the Hage Geingob Stadium. Oranjemund won the match 26-19 to qualify for the final against Vipers. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 12 September 2026 - Oceans and Oranjemund Rugby Clubs players (in blue/black and orange and red) while in action during the second semifinals of the Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) First Division championship trophy at the Hage Geingob Stadium. Oranjemund won the match 26-19 to qualify for the final against Vipers. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 12 September 2026 - Oceans Rugby Clubs players while in action during the second semifinals of the Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) First Division championship trophy at the Hage Geingob Stadium. Oranjemund won the match 26-19 to qualify for the final against Vipers. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 12 September 2026 - Oceans and Oranjemund Rugby Clubs players (in blue/black and orange and red) while in action during the second semifinals of the Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) First Division championship trophy at the Hage Geingob Stadium. Oranjemund won the match 26-19 to qualify for the final against Vipers. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 12 September 2026 - Oceans and Oranjemund Rugby Clubs players (in blue/black and orange and red) while in action during the second semifinals of the Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) First Division championship trophy at the Hage Geingob Stadium. Oranjemund won the match 26-19 to qualify for the final against Vipers. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

(260915) -- BEIJING, Sept. 15, 2026 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 13, 2026 shows an urban view of Dhaka, Bangladesh. (Photo by Habibur Rahman/Xinhua)

(260915) -- BEIJING, Sept. 15, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Farmer-actor Wang Guozhong (L) chats with fellow actors waiting backstage at the "theater village" in Minning Town of Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Sept. 11, 2026. A new "theater village" cultural tourism project has been launched in Minning Town of Yinchuan to commemorate the past three decades of Fujian-Ningxia cooperation. A total of 36 original plays recount the continuous efforts of anti-poverty by Ningxia with help from Fujian over the past 30 years. (Xinhua/Yang Zhisen)

(260915) -- BEIJING, Sept. 15, 2026 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo shows Yao Jian (C) and students playing basketball during class break at Sandun Primary School in Sandun Village, Huayuantun Town of Datong, north China's Shanxi Province, Sept. 8, 2026. Twenty-eight years have passed since Yao Jian, the 52-year-old village teacher, began his career at the school. There are only seven teaching staff members and six students at Sandun Primary School, which is located on the border between north China's Shanxi Province and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Tucked away in a remote area and difficult to reach, the school offers children from surrounding villages a vital path to education. (Xinhua/Yang Chenguang)

(260915) -- BEIJING, Sept. 15, 2026 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo shows reapers harvesting rice at a paddy field in Yongfeng Village of Meishan, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 14, 2026. Local farmers are making the most of the harvest season, coordinating agricultural machinery to harvest the paddy field. (Xinhua/Wang Xi)

(260915) -- BEIJING, Sept. 15, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A trader works on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, the United States, on Sept. 14, 2026. U.S. stocks ended lower on Monday, pressured by unexpected calls from AI executives for an industry-wide slowdown in AI development. (Xinhua/Liu Yanan)

(260915) -- BEIJING, Sept. 15, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 14, 2026 shows the planet of Venus next to the moon in the sky over Harbin City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. (Photo by Zhang Shu/Xinhua)

(260915) -- BEIJING, Sept. 15, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers inspect the cargo in the charred wrechage of a passenger vessel in Palawan Province, the Philippines, on Sept. 14, 2026. Rescue teams have completed searches of about 65 percent of the cargo hold of the passenger vessel that caught fire off the Philippines on Sept. 9, said the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Monday. PCG said operations continue in the remaining sections. The fire aboard the passenger ship near the Philippines' Palawan has killed 76 people, with 13 still missing. (Philippine Coast Guard/Handout via Xinhua)

(260915) -- BEIJING, Sept. 15, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A police officer of the Heihe border inspection station presents flowers to a Russian passenger, who is the one-millionth passenger going through customs in Heihe this year, at a port in Heihe, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 14, 2026. Cross-border personnel exchanges at the Heihe Port are getting more and more active since the implementation of the visa-free policy between China and Russia. The number of inbound and outbound passenger trips through the port since the beginning of 2026 has hit a record high of one million until Monday, an increase of 56.18 percent year on year. (Photo by Liu Song/Xinhua)