WINDHOEK, 19 October 2026 (NAMPA) – Florida Ruhoze Haakuria of Ketungoutji Investment CC, trading as Pukaa Catering Services, confirmed that the restaurant is feeling the impact of the ongoing foot-and-mouth disease outbreak. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 19 October 2026 – The usually bustling Oshetu Kapana Market in Katutura stands unusually quiet following a three-week strain caused by Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) restrictions, which have choked the meat supply that drives the market’s local economy. (Photo: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 19 October 2025 – Charlotte Neuhäuser, a member of the left-wing party Die Linke, affirmed her party’s support for Ovaherero and Nama demands for recognition, an apology, and justice for colonial atrocities. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 19 October 2025 – Ovaherero Chief Professor Mutjinde Katjiua pictured with Charlotte Neuhäuser, a member of the German Bundestag from the left-wing party Die Linke, at a press briefing in Windhoek on Monday. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

RUNDU, 19 October 2026 - The Public Service Commission Chairperson Ambassador Patrick Nandago speaking during a consultation meeting at Rundu on Monday. (Photo by: Sawi Hausiku) NAMPA

OKANGHUDI, 11 February 2025 - Former President Hifikepunye Pohamba pictured at his village home in Okanghudi, located in the Ondobe Constituency of the Ohangwena Region in Northern Namibia. (Photo: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

OKANGHUDI, 11 February 2025 - Former President Hifikepunye Pohamba (right) and his wife, the former First Lady Penehupifo Pohamba (left) pictured at their home at Okanghudi in the Ohangwena Region. (Photo: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

OKANGHUDI, 11 February 2025 - Former President Hifikepunye Pohamba (right) and his wife, the former First Lady Penehupifo Pohamba (left) pictured at their home at Okanghudi in the Ondobe Constituency of the Ohangwena Region. (Photo: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

(FILES) Judges (top row from left) Tomoko Akane, Kimberly Prost and Keebong Paek sit prior to the announcement of the International Criminal Court (ICC) verdict that sentenced Malian Jihadist police chief Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud to 10 years in jail for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during a reign of terror in the fabled Malian city of Timbuktu, on November 20, 2024 at the ICC court in The Hague. On October 19, 2026, members of the European Parliament on the Foreign Affairs Committee selected as finalists for the Sakharov Prize the finalists the International Criminal Court (ICC) and its staff, alongside Tanzanian lawyer and opposition figure Tundu Lissu, and the Rahimi sisters, two Iranian women who have received heavy sentences in their country for taking part in anti-government protests. (Photo by Eva Plevier / POOL / AFP) / Netherlands OUT

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to the media upon his arrival at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai on October 20, 2026. (Photo by Kylie Cooper / POOL / AFP)

A picture taken on October 20, 2026 shows a flooded street following torrential downpours by the beach in Oliva, in the Valencia region, eastern Spain. Torrential rain battered eastern Spain, unleashing severe flooding that left at least four people dead in recent days, inundated streets and forced many residents to stay indoors. (Photo by Jose JORDAN / AFP)

A woman with rubber boots crosses a street following torrential downpours by the beach in Oliva, in the Valencia region, eastern Spain on October 20, 2026. Torrential rain battered eastern Spain, unleashing severe flooding that left at least four people dead in recent days, inundated streets and forced many residents to stay indoors. (Photo by Jose JORDAN / AFP)

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio looks on upon his arrival at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai on October 20, 2026. (Photo by Kylie Cooper / POOL / AFP)

Pakistan's Hasan Nawaz celebrates after scoring a half-century (50 runs) during the one-day international (ODI) tri-series cricket match between Pakistan and England at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi on October 20, 2026. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP)

Pakistan's Hasan Nawaz celebrates after scoring a half-century (50 runs) during the one-day international (ODI) tri-series cricket match between Pakistan and England at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi on October 20, 2026. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP)

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (R) walks with US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor upon his arrival at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai on October 20, 2026. (Photo by Kylie Cooper / POOL / AFP)