GABORONE, 06 July 2026 - Southern African officials will meet in Johannesburg from 15 to 17 July to advance public spending efficiency through cost-benefit analysis. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

NEW YORK, 07 July 2026 - Diene Keita, Executive Director of UNFPA. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 07 July 2026 - Ana Beatriz Martins, European Union (EU) Ambassador to Namibia. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

GENEVA, 06 July 2026 - Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Emma Theofelus, pictured with Chairperson of the PowerCom Board, Eldorette Harmse, Director of the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Dr Cosmas Luckyson Zavazava; and Namibia's Ambassador to the Swiss Confederation and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office in Geneva, Elvis Shiweda, during the Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday. (Photo by: Josephina Simeon) NAMPA

GUANGZHOU, 06 July 2026 - A car assembly line at the Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC) car company. GAC is China’s state-owned automaker. Which manufactures vehicles under its own marques (GAC Motor and AION) and operates highly successful joint ventures with Honda and Toyota. With global reach across 86 regions, it is rapidly expanding into EVs and international production. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

GUANGZHOU, 06 July 2026 - China's GAC International plans to establish a vehicle assembly operation in Namibia before the end of 2026 as part of its expansion into Southern Africa. The right-hand-drive AION V electric vehicle (pictured here) will be among the models assembled at the envisioned motor assembly plant. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

GUANGZHOU, 06 July 2026 - China's GAC International plans to establish a vehicle assembly operation in Namibia before the end of 2026 as part of its expansion into Southern Africa. The right-hand-drive AION V electric vehicle (pictured here) will be among the models assembled at the envisioned motor assembly plant. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

WALVIS BAY, 24 April 2026 - President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah and Vice President Lucia Witbooi accompanied by other senior officials during a recent visit to the Seaworks fishing factory in Walvis Bay. They are looking at some of the most popularly imported seafood. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

(FILES) Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez gestures as she visits a temporary camp of the French Civil Security in La Guaira, La Guaira state, on July 1, 2026, following the June 24 twin earthquakes in Venezuela. Venezuela's interim President, Delcy Rodriguez, announced on television on July 8, that she had written to King Charles III of England to request the release of some 30 tonnes of Venezuelan gold frozen in the United Kingdom as part of sanctions against the country, so that it could be used to help rebuild the country following the twin earthquakes. (Photo by Miguel MEDINA / POOL / AFP)

Faisuris Alvarez, 39, uses a mobile phone outside her empanadas stand in Naiguata, La Guaira state, Venezuela on July 8, 2026, following the June 24 earthquakes. Venezuela's government called on July 8, 2026 for the release of frozen assets to help raise funds for the country's recovery from last month's twin earthquakes that killed at least 3,600 people. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP)

A man walks past closed food stalls in Naiguata, La Guaira state, Venezuela on July 8, 2026, following the June 24 earthquakes. Venezuela's government called on July 8, 2026 for the release of frozen assets to help raise funds for the country's recovery from last month's twin earthquakes that killed at least 3,600 people. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP)

Argentina's defender #19 Nicolas Otamendi (R) takes part in a training session at the Sporting KC Stadium in Kansas City on July 8, 2026, during the 2026 World Cup tournament. (Photo by JUAN MABROMATA / AFP)

Argentina's defender #25 Facundo Medina (R) takes part in a training session at the Sporting KC Stadium in Kansas City on July 8, 2026, during the 2026 World Cup tournament. (Photo by JUAN MABROMATA / AFP)

Argentina's defender #19 Nicolas Otamendi (C) takes part in a training session at the Sporting KC Stadium in Kansas City on July 8, 2026, during the 2026 World Cup tournament. (Photo by JUAN MABROMATA / AFP)

Argentina's forward #10 Lionel Messi (2nd-L) looks on among teammates in a training session at the Sporting KC Stadium in Kansas City on July 8, 2026, during the 2026 World Cup tournament. (Photo by JUAN MABROMATA / AFP)

Mourners carry the coffin of a police victim killed in recent militant attacks, at a hospital in Quetta on July 9, 2026. Three militant attacks in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province have killed 42 civilians and security personnel in four days, the country's military said on July 8. (Photo by Banaras KHAN / AFP)