SWAKOPMUND, 11 June 2026 -Speaker of the National Assembly Saara Kuugongelwa (far right), Erongo Governor Natalia /Goagoses (far left) photographed with ODEC management and staff and other political leaders during the unveiling of the Open Doors Education Centre (ODEC) Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Programme in Swakopmund on Thursday. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 11 JUNE 2026 - Namibia has released its Impact Assessment Report on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and the Accelerated Industrial Development for Africa (AIDA) in Windhoek on Thursday, an event commissioned by the Executive Director and Director General at the National Planning Commission, along with Jane Matsubara, JICA advisor; Mustafa Sakr, the Head, Trade and Market Unit at AUDA; and Akihiro Hoshino, Japan International Agency Resident Representative. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 11 JUNE 2026 - Namibia has released its Impact Assessment Report on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and the Accelerated Industrial Development for Africa (AIDA) in Windhoek on Thursday, an event commissioned by the Executive Director and Director General at the National Planning Commission, along with Jane Matsubara, JICA advisor; Mustafa Sakr, the Head, Trade and Market Unit at AUDA; and Akihiro Hoshino, Japan International Agency Resident Representative. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 11 JUN (NAMPA) The National Planning Commission has launched its Strategic Plan for 2025/26 – 2029/30. The commission's executive director, I-Ben Nashandi (centre), led the launch alongside key strategic stakeholders in Windhoek on Thursday. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 11 JUN (NAMPA) The National Planning Commission has launched its Strategic Plan for 2025/26 – 2029/30. The commission's executive director, I-Ben Nashandi (second from left), led the launch alongside key strategic stakeholders in Windhoek on Thursday. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 11 June 2026 - Former first lady, Monica Geingos. (Photo by: Molly Weyulu) NAMPA

WALVIS BAY, 10 June 2026 - Delegates attending the Association of Local Authorities in Namibia (ALAN) Elective Congress in Walvis Bay. The three-day congress will conclude with a the election of a new leadership to guide the association for the next term. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 10 June 2026 - Deputy Governor of the Bank of Namibia, Nicholas Mukasa. (Photo by: Molly Weyulu) NAMPA

Football fans participate in a convoy welcoming the 2026 FIFA World Cup tournament on the eve of its start in Polewali Mandar in Indonesia's West Sulawesi on June 11, 2026. (Photo by Muhammad SALIM / AFP)

Brazil's forward #26 Rayan (L) waves during a training session during the 2026 World Cup football tournament at Columbia Park Training Facility in Morristown, New Jersey, on June 11, 2026. (Photo by MAURO PIMENTEL / AFP)

Brazil's forward #07 Vinicius Junior reacts a training session during the 2026 World Cup football tournament at Columbia Park Training Facility in Morristown, New Jersey, on June 11, 2026. (Photo by MAURO PIMENTEL / AFP)

French right-wing party Les Republicains (LR) general secretary Othman Nasrou a (L) and LR MP Muriel Jourda speak to the press as they leave after attending a meeting with France's Prime Minister gathering several political parties and security institutions representatives on safeguarding democratic debates against foreign interference, at the Matignon Hotel in Paris on June 11, 2026. Paris prosecutors opened in May a probe to investigate whether an Israeli company interfered in local French elections. The case was opened after several far-left candidates charged they were targeted by disinformation campaigns, as France's government body responsible for combatting online disinformation Viginum said that it had noted a "system of artificial or automated dissemination to spread manifestly inaccurate or misleading content". (Photo by Behrouz MEHRI / AFP)

French right-wing party Les Republicains (LR) MP Lionel Duparay leaves after attending a meeting with France's Prime Minister gathering several political parties and security institutions representatives on safeguarding democratic debates against foreign interference, at the Matignon Hotel in Paris on June 11, 2026. Paris prosecutors opened in May a probe to investigate whether an Israeli company interfered in local French elections. The case was opened after several far-left candidates charged they were targeted by disinformation campaigns, as France's government body responsible for combatting online disinformation Viginum said that it had noted a "system of artificial or automated dissemination to spread manifestly inaccurate or misleading content". (Photo by Behrouz MEHRI / AFP)

Senator from the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe Solanges Nadille arrives for a meeting with France's Prime Minister gathering several political parties and security institutions representatives on safeguarding democratic debates against foreign interference, at the Matignon Hotel in Paris on June 11, 2026. Paris prosecutors opened in May a probe to investigate whether an Israeli company interfered in local French elections. The case was opened after several far-left candidates charged they were targeted by disinformation campaigns, as France's government body responsible for combatting online disinformation Viginum said that it had noted a "system of artificial or automated dissemination to spread manifestly inaccurate or misleading content". (Photo by Behrouz MEHRI / AFP)

FILED - 27 August 2025, Lower Saxony, Unterluess: FILE PHOTO - Rheinmetall's logo hangs on the company's new artillery plant. Photo: Julian Stratenschulte/dpa

FILED - 19 July 2022, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Schwerin: FILE PHOTO - An outdoor thermometer in an allotment garden shows the temperature to be close to 40 degrees. El Niño conditions are in place and are expected to intensify in the Northern Hemisphere, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Thursday. Photo: Jens Büttner/dpa