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

WINDHOEK, 15 October 2026 - Deputy Minister of Justice and Labour Relations, Theresia Brandt. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 15 October 2026 - European Union Ambassador to Namibia, Anna Beatriz Martins. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 15 October 2026 - Participants pictured during the Roundtable on Trade, Investment and Decent Work at Hilton Hotel on Thursday. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

(261016) -- TIANJIN, Oct. 16, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, attends and addresses the 2026 World Vocational and Technical Education Development Conference in Tianjin, north China, Oct. 16, 2026. The conference opened here on Friday. (Xinhua/Pang Xinglei)

(261016) -- BEIJING, Oct. 16, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, deputy prime minister of Malaysia, in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 15, 2026. (Xinhua/Liu Weibing)

Detail of a mummy on display at the Mummy Museum in the colonial city of Guanajuato, Guanajuato state, Mexico, on October 15, 2026. The museum displays naturally mummified human remains recovered from the city's Santa Paula cemetery. (Photo by Mario ARMAS / AFP)

Detail of a mummy on display at the Mummy Museum in the colonial city of Guanajuato, Guanajuato state, Mexico, on October 15, 2026. The museum displays naturally mummified human remains recovered from the city's Santa Paula cemetery. (Photo by Mario ARMAS / AFP)

Tourists visit the Mummy Museum in the colonial city of Guanajuato, Guanajuato state, Mexico, on October 15, 2026. The museum displays naturally mummified human remains recovered from the city's Santa Paula cemetery. (Photo by Mario ARMAS / AFP)

Tourists visit the Mummy Museum in the colonial city of Guanajuato, Guanajuato state, Mexico, on October 15, 2026. The museum displays naturally mummified human remains recovered from the city's Santa Paula cemetery. (Photo by Mario ARMAS / AFP)

Tourists visit the Mummy Museum in the colonial city of Guanajuato, Guanajuato state, Mexico, on October 15, 2026. The museum displays naturally mummified human remains recovered from the city's Santa Paula cemetery. (Photo by Mario ARMAS / AFP)

A worker operates a valve to fill a water reservoir at the Albear Aqueduct, which supplies water to several municipalities in Havana, Cuba, on October 16, 2026. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP)