SICHUAN, 08 July 2026 - Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform, Inge Zaamwani. (Photo: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

OSHITAYI, 08 July 2026 - Ondangwa Urban Constituency Councillor Leonard Negonga address learners during the Ondangwa Urban Annual Constituency Culture Festival 2026 on Wednesday. (Photo: Ester Hakaala) NAMPA

GABORONE, 06 July 2026 - Southern African officials will meet in Johannesburg from 15 to 17 July to advance public spending efficiency through cost-benefit analysis. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

NEW YORK, 07 July 2026 - Diene Keita, Executive Director of UNFPA. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 07 July 2026 - Ana Beatriz Martins, European Union (EU) Ambassador to Namibia. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

GENEVA, 06 July 2026 - Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Emma Theofelus, pictured with Chairperson of the PowerCom Board, Eldorette Harmse, Director of the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Dr Cosmas Luckyson Zavazava; and Namibia's Ambassador to the Swiss Confederation and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office in Geneva, Elvis Shiweda, during the Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday. (Photo by: Josephina Simeon) NAMPA

GUANGZHOU, 06 July 2026 - A car assembly line at the Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC) car company. GAC is China’s state-owned automaker. Which manufactures vehicles under its own marques (GAC Motor and AION) and operates highly successful joint ventures with Honda and Toyota. With global reach across 86 regions, it is rapidly expanding into EVs and international production. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

GUANGZHOU, 06 July 2026 - China's GAC International plans to establish a vehicle assembly operation in Namibia before the end of 2026 as part of its expansion into Southern Africa. The right-hand-drive AION V electric vehicle (pictured here) will be among the models assembled at the envisioned motor assembly plant. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

09 July 2026, North Rhine-Westphalia, Bonn: German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Harald Biermann, president of the Haus der Geschichte Foundation, walk together through the permanent exhibition "You Are Part of History." Photo: Thomas Banneyer/dpa

09 July 2026, North Rhine-Westphalia, Bonn: German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (L) stands next to Harald Biermann, president of the Haus der Geschichte Foundation. Photo: Thomas Banneyer/dpa

(260709) -- JINJIANG, July 9, 2026 (Xinhua) -- An ambulance is on standby at the scene of a fire at a footwear factory in Jiangtou Village, Chendai Township of Jinjiang City, southeast China's Fujian Province, on July 9, 2026. A fire hit a footwear factory in Fujian, with several people reported trapped or missing, local authorities said Thursday. Firefighting was still underway, with multiple fire trucks and ambulances on standby at the scene. (Xinhua/Zheng Liang)

(260709) -- JINJIANG, July 9, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Firefighters work after a fire broke out at a footwear factory in Jiangtou Village, Chendai Township of Jinjiang City, southeast China's Fujian Province, on July 9, 2026. A fire hit a footwear factory in Fujian, with several people reported trapped or missing, local authorities said Thursday. Firefighting was still underway, with multiple fire trucks and ambulances on standby at the scene. (Xinhua/Zheng Liang)

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (R) embraces Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they stand on stage during a community event at Docklands Stadium in Melbourne on July 9, 2026. (Photo by WILLIAM WEST / AFP)

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi reacts as he speaks on a stage during a community event at Docklands Stadium in Melbourne on July 9, 2026. (Photo by WILLIAM WEST / AFP)

The pack of riders (peloton) cycles during the 6th stage of the 113th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 186,2 km between Pau and Gavarnie-Gèdre in the French Pyrenees, on July 9, 2026. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)

(FILES) This photo taken on December 12, 2024 shows Au Kam San, a primary school teacher who became one of Macau's longest-serving pro-democracy legislators, posing for a portrait in Macau. A Macau court said July 9, 2026 it had completed a preliminary hearing in the city's first national security case and determined a former pro-democracy lawmaker was a "principal offender" of subversion and other crimes, and would proceed to trial. (Photo by Eduardo Leal / AFP)