SWAKOPMUND, 19 June 2026 - Youth delegates gathered at the multipurpose centre in Swakopmund in January 2026 for the third National Youth Council of Namibia general assembly. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 23 October 2026 - President Netumbo Nandi-Netumbo officially inaugurates the Swakopmund International Expo at Swakopmund. (Photo contributed)

NKURENKURU, 23 October 2026 - Kavango West Governor Verna Sinimbo met with stakeholders in Nkurenkuru on Thursday to discuss the current status and future of the region’s cattle market. (Photo: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 22 October 2026 – Finance Minister Ericah Shafudah tabled the Mid-Year Budget Review for the 2026/27 financial year in the National Assembly on Thursday. (Photo: Contributed)

WINDHOEK, 22 October 2026 – Finance Minister Ericah Shafudah tabled the Mid-Year Budget Review for the 2026/27 financial year in the National Assembly on Thursday. (Photo: Contributed)

WINDHOEK, 22 October 2026 - Cuba's Ambassador to Namibia, Sergio Vigoa de la Uz. (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 22 October 2026 - The Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry has organised the Swakopmund International Trade Expo (SWAiTEX) returned to Swakopmund on Thursday after a two-year hiatus, aiming to bring together businesses, entrepreneurs, investors and policymakers to explore trade, investment and industrial development opportunities. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

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An elderly woman uses a voting booth machine to cast her vote for the Bulgaria's presidential election at a polling station in Sofia on October 25, 2026. Bulgarians are voting in a presidential election on October 25, as security concerns swirl following a series of drone attacks on ships in the Black Sea. The incumbent President, who favors dialogue with Moscow and opposes military aid to Ukraine, is the frontrunner for a new term in the largely ceremonial post, polls show. (Photo by Nikolay DOYCHINOV / AFP)

A pedestrian walks over an empty street and tramway lines with a view of a Cathedral in the background ahead of a demonstration "against racism, fascism and imperialism" on the sidelines of the Congress of the Far-right party Rassemblement National (RN) in Orleans, central France on October 25, 2026. On October 25, 2026, gatherings will remain banned in a large part of the Orléans urban area. But several organizations may call for people to assemble outside the prohibited zone, as the day after a congress in Orléans that passed without any major incident but under heavy police surveillance, a French far right candidate is due to deliver her first major campaign speech in the afternoon. (Photo by SIMON WOHLFAHRT / AFP)

A voter casts a ballot at a polling station for Serbia's snap parliamentary elections in Belgrade on October 25, 2026. The vote is the culmination of nearly two years of student-led protests sparked by the 2024 collapse of a canopy at Novi Sad railway station that killed 16 people, a tragedy widely blamed on corruption. (Photo by Milos Milanovic / AFP)

Bulgaria's incumbent President and Presidential candidate Iliana Iotova (L) poses for a selfie with a sympathiser after voting for the presidential election at a polling station in Sofia, on October 25, 2026. Bulgarians are voting in a presidential election on October 25, as security concerns swirl following a series of drone attacks on ships in the Black Sea. The incumbent President, who favors dialogue with Moscow and opposes military aid to Ukraine, is the frontrunner for a new term in the largely ceremonial post, polls show. (Photo by Nikolay DOYCHINOV / AFP)

A voter casts a ballot at a polling station for Serbia's snap parliamentary elections in Belgrade on October 25, 2026. The vote is the culmination of nearly two years of student-led protests sparked by the 2024 collapse of a canopy at Novi Sad railway station that killed 16 people, a tragedy widely blamed on corruption. (Photo by Milos Milanovic / AFP)

Voters queue at a polling station to cast their ballots for Serbia's snap parliamentary elections in Belgrade on October 25, 2026. The vote is the culmination of nearly two years of student-led protests sparked by the 2024 collapse of a canopy at Novi Sad railway station that killed 16 people, a tragedy widely blamed on corruption. (Photo by Milos Milanovic / AFP)

A dog waits for its owner as she votes for the Bulgaria's presidential election at a polling station in Sofia on October 25, 2026. Bulgarians are voting in a presidential election on October 25, as security concerns swirl following a series of drone attacks on ships in the Black Sea. The incumbent President, who favors dialogue with Moscow and opposes military aid to Ukraine, is the frontrunner for a new term in the largely ceremonial post, polls show. (Photo by Nikolay DOYCHINOV / AFP)

Radomir Saicic, a chemistry professor and candidate on the student-backed electoral list, casts his ballot at a polling station in Belgrade on October 25, 2026, during Serbia's snap parliamentary elections. The vote is the culmination of nearly two years of student-led protests sparked by the 2024 collapse of a canopy at Novi Sad railway station that killed 16 people, a tragedy widely blamed on corruption. (Photo by Andrej ISAKOVIC / AFP)