WINDHOEK, 19 October 2026 - Veteran diplomat Tuliameni Kalomoh expresses deep grief over the passing of former First Lady Penexupifo Pohamba. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 18 October 2026 — Former Cabinet Minister Ben Amathila, along with other politicians, diplomats, and family friends, joined former President Hifikepunye Pohamba on Sunday to pay tribute following the passing of his wife, former First Lady Penexupifo Pohamba, who died in Windhoek on Saturday. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 18 October 2026 — A candle-lighting vigil was carried out today by politicians and diplomats in mourning of former First Lady Penexupifo Pohamba, who passed away in Windhoek on Saturday. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

WALVIS BAY, 15 October 2026 - The Municipality of Walvis Bay has installed 113 off-grid solar-powered streetlights at Farm 37 Portion 10 at a cost of N$6.1 million. (Photo contributed)

WINDHOEK, 16 OCT (NAMPA) – Minister of International Relations and Trade Selma Ashipala-Musavyi, pictured with the Russian Ambassador, along with the Congo ambassador, Lauria Nguele Makoulet, while touring exhibitors’ stalls at the inaugural Diplomatic Corps Fair in Windhoek on Friday. (Photo by Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 16 OCT (NAMPA) – Pictured seated, from left, are Dean and Ambassador of the Republic of Congo, Lauria Nguele Makoulet; Minister of International Relations and Trade, Selma Ashipala-Musavyi; and Acting Executive Director in the Ministry, Julia Imene Chanduru, at the inaugural Diplomatic Corps Fair underway in Windhoek, attended by regional governors and community members. (Photo by Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 16 October 2026 – President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah pictured with the beneficiaries of the prefabricated houses that she sponsored, from left Johana Kambwela from Kilimanjaro, and Menesia Ngunovandu (right), from 8ste Laan (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 16 October 2026 - The Roads Authority (RA) says no road project has been abandoned and outstanding sections of ongoing projects will continue, subject to annual funding availability. RA chief executive officer Mbahupu Hippy Tjivikua issued the notice on Friday after road users, regional councils and communities raised concerns about the pace of road construction. (Photo contributed) NAMPA

(261019) -- BEIJING, Oct. 19, 2026 (Xinhua) -- The State Council Information Office (SCIO) holds a press conference on China's economic performance in the first three quarters of 2026 in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 19, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends a meeting with Tajikistan's Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin at the Congress Center in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on October 19, 2026. (Photo by Kylie Cooper / POOL / AFP)

Tajikistan's Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin attends a meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Congress Center in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on October 19, 2026. (Photo by Kylie Cooper / POOL / AFP)

Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Mackenzie (C) looks on during his court appearance at the Mombasa Law Court in Mombasa on October 19, 2026. A Mombasa court will deliver a long-awaited verdict on October 19 in the trial of a self-proclaimed Kenyan preacher and his associates, accused of murdering 191 people, mostly children, in an infamous starvation cult. Hundreds of bodies were discovered in 2023 inland from the Kenyan beach resort of Malindi, in what became known as the "Shakahola Forest Massacre". One of the world's worst cult-related tragedies made global headlines. (Photo by SIMON MAINA / AFP)

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (R) meets with Tajikistan's Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin at the Congress Center in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on October 19, 2026. (Photo by Kylie Cooper / POOL / AFP)

Uzbekistan's Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov signs the Artemis Accords next to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a signing ceremony at the Congress Center in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on October 19, 2026. (Photo by Kylie Cooper / POOL / AFP)

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (L) meets with Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi at the Congress Center in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on October 19, 2026. (Photo by Kylie Cooper / POOL / AFP)

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (L) and Uzbekistan's Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov pose for a picture holding the Artemis Accords during a signing ceremony at the Congress Center in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on October 19, 2026. (Photo by Kylie Cooper / POOL / AFP)