SWAKOPMUND, 12 January 2026 - Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts and Culture Sanet Steenkamp photographed with some school board members at the Westside High School during her visit to the school as part of her ministry’s assessment on how schools in Erongo Region were opening and to present the 2025 national examination results to President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

ONELAGO, 10 JANUARY 2026 - The headman of Onelago village, Sam Nepando, was laid to rest at Onamutene on Saturday. (Photo: Contributed)

KEETMANSHOOP, 09 January 2026 - The ||Kharas Governor’s Youth Desk hosted an awareness session on the youth development fund at the Keetmanshoop Multi-Purpose Youth Centre on Friday. (Photo: Contributed)

GROOTFONTEIN, 08 January 2026 - A team of community health workers at Grootfontein discussed the Cholera disease outbreak with community members in the Kap en Bou informal area. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

(COMBO) This combination of file pictures created on January 12, 2026 shows then Panama's President Juan Carlos Varela (L) waving at Casa Narino palace during his official visit to Bogota, Colombia on March 19, 2019; and then Panama's President Ricardo Martinelli waving at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid on May 28, 2014. Martinelli, granted asylum in Colombia, and about 20 others went on trial for allegedly laundering Odebrecht bribes on January 12, 2026 in a hearing, delayed five times, at Panama’s Supreme Court. Varela and Martinelli’s sons also face charges but will be tried later by the Supreme Court due to parliamentary immunity. (Photo by Raul ARBOLEDA and GERARD JULIEN / AFP)

(FILES) Former Panamanian president and presidential candidate Ricardo Martinelli speaks during a political rally in Panama City on February 3, 2024. Martinelli, granted asylum in Colombia, and about 20 others went on trial for allegedly laundering Odebrecht bribes on January 12, 2026 in a hearing, delayed five times, at Panama’s Supreme Court. Ex-president Juan Carlos Varela and Martinelli’s sons also face charges but will be tried later by the Supreme Court due to parliamentary immunity. (Photo by MARTIN BERNETTI / AFP)

12 January 2026, Hamburg: Hamburger SV coach Merlin Polzin attends the team's press conference ahead of the German Bundesliga soccer match against Bayer Leverkusen. Photo: Christian Charisius/dpa

(FILES) Hamas arab relations chief Khalil al-Hayya holds a press conference during a visit to the Syrian capital Damascus on October 19, 2022 for the first time since the Palestinian Islamist group severed ties with Syria a decade ago. Hamas is preparing internal elections in the coming months to renew its leadership after most of its chiefs were killed in the war with Israel, sources within the movement told AFP on January 12. Khalil al-Hayya, 65, “has held leadership positions within Hamas since at least 2006,” according to the profile dedicated to him by the NGO Counter Extremism Project (CEP). Originally from Gaza, he is considered the point man for negotiations with Israel through mediator countries—Qatar, Egypt, and the United States. He enjoys the support of the movement’s military wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades. (Photo by Louai Beshara / AFP)