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)

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)

WINDHOEK, 17 January 2026 - UNHCR country representative Kavita Belani (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

EPUKIRO, 14 January 2026 - Epukiro Secondary School's staff celebrates the school's achievement in the Grade 12 NSSCAS results. (Photo: Contributed)

(260121) -- HULUDAO, Jan. 21, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A drone photo taken on Jan. 21, 2026 shows a view over sea ice in Xingcheng of Huludao City, northeast China's Liaoning Province. (Photo by Tian Jia/Xinhua)

(260121) -- HULUDAO, Jan. 21, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A drone photo taken on Jan. 21, 2026 shows a view over sea ice in Suizhong County of Huludao City, northeast China's Liaoning Province. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)

Akhmadzhon Kurbonov, charged with the December 2024 killing of the Russian army's chemical weapons division head, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, looks out from inside a glass cage during the verdict announcement at a military court in Moscow on January 21, 2026. (Photo by TATYANA MAKEYEVA / AFP)

Demonstrators (R) speak with French police officers (L) as they take part in a protest against the free trade agreement between the European Union and the Mercosur countries, on the day of a vote on a referral to the courts, in Strasbourg on January 21, 2026. The European Union's parliament voted on January 21, 2026 to refer a freshly signed trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur to the EU's top court, casting a veil of legal uncertainty over the accord. (Photo by Romeo BOETZLE / AFP)