SICHUAN, 08 July 2026 - Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform, Inge Zaamwani. (Photo: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

OSHITAYI, 08 July 2026 - Ondangwa Urban Constituency Councillor Leonard Negonga address learners during the Ondangwa Urban Annual Constituency Culture Festival 2026 on Wednesday. (Photo: Ester Hakaala) NAMPA

BEIJING, 09 July 2026 - Director of Sinomine Group and Chief Executive Officer of Sinomine Tsumeb Smelter, Logan Lou Yonggang. (Photo: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

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

(260713) -- HUANGGANG, July 13, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows a student being evacuated from Huanggang Normal University of Huanggang City in central China's Hubei Province, July 8, 2026 (above) and a view of Huanggang Normal University on July 13, 2026 (below). Between 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. on July 6, thunderstorms and strong winds hit Huangshi, Huanggang, Ezhou, and Xianning, with two townships seeing gales reaching level 13 in central China's Hubei Province. Some areas saw tornadoes, according to the local authorities. The province has launched all-out rescue and relief efforts to safeguard people's lives and property. China's National Development and Reform Commission has allocated 50 million yuan (about 7.34 million U.S. dollars) from the central budget to support emergency recovery efforts in Hubei Province, to restore damaged infrastructure, including roads, as well as public service facilities such as schools, helping affected areas resume normal production and daily life as soon as possible. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)

(260713) -- HUANGGANG, July 13, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows students being evacuated from Huanggang Normal University of Huanggang City in central China's Hubei Province, July 8, 2026 (above) and a view of Huanggang Normal University on July 13, 2026 (below). Between 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. on July 6, thunderstorms and strong winds hit Huangshi, Huanggang, Ezhou, and Xianning, with two townships seeing gales reaching level 13 in central China's Hubei Province. Some areas saw tornadoes, according to the local authorities. The province has launched all-out rescue and relief efforts to safeguard people's lives and property. China's National Development and Reform Commission has allocated 50 million yuan (about 7.34 million U.S. dollars) from the central budget to support emergency recovery efforts in Hubei Province, to restore damaged infrastructure, including roads, as well as public service facilities such as schools, helping affected areas resume normal production and daily life as soon as possible. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)

(260713) -- HUANGGANG, July 13, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This drone combo photo shows a place near a logistic park after thunderstorms and gales in Huangzhou District of Huanggang City, central China's Hubei Province, on July 7, 2026 (above) and the cleared one on July 12, 2026 (below). Between 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. on July 6, thunderstorms and strong winds hit Huangshi, Huanggang, Ezhou, and Xianning, with two townships seeing gales reaching level 13 in central China's Hubei Province. Some areas saw tornadoes, according to the local authorities. The province has launched all-out rescue and relief efforts to safeguard people's lives and property. China's National Development and Reform Commission has allocated 50 million yuan (about 7.34 million U.S. dollars) from the central budget to support emergency recovery efforts in Hubei Province, to restore damaged infrastructure, including roads, as well as public service facilities such as schools, helping affected areas resume normal production and daily life as soon as possible. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)

(260713) -- HUANGGANG, July 13, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows a student being evacuated from Huanggang Normal University of Huanggang City in central China's Hubei Province, July 8, 2026 (above) and a view of Huanggang Normal University on July 13, 2026 (below). Between 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. on July 6, thunderstorms and strong winds hit Huangshi, Huanggang, Ezhou, and Xianning, with two townships seeing gales reaching level 13 in central China's Hubei Province. Some areas saw tornadoes, according to the local authorities. The province has launched all-out rescue and relief efforts to safeguard people's lives and property. China's National Development and Reform Commission has allocated 50 million yuan (about 7.34 million U.S. dollars) from the central budget to support emergency recovery efforts in Hubei Province, to restore damaged infrastructure, including roads, as well as public service facilities such as schools, helping affected areas resume normal production and daily life as soon as possible. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)

(260713) -- HUANGGANG, July 13, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows a staff member removing broken windows in Huanggang Normal University of Huanggang City in central China's Hubei Province, on July 8, 2026 (above), and the temporarily covered glass doors and windows of the building on July 13, 2026 (below). Between 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. on July 6, thunderstorms and strong winds hit Huangshi, Huanggang, Ezhou, and Xianning, with two townships seeing gales reaching level 13 in central China's Hubei Province. Some areas saw tornadoes, according to the local authorities. The province has launched all-out rescue and relief efforts to safeguard people's lives and property. China's National Development and Reform Commission has allocated 50 million yuan (about 7.34 million U.S. dollars) from the central budget to support emergency recovery efforts in Hubei Province, to restore damaged infrastructure, including roads, as well as public service facilities such as schools, helping affected areas resume normal production and daily life as soon as possible. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)

(260713) -- BEIJING, July 13, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, convenes a symposium featuring experts and entrepreneurs to seek their opinions on the current economic situation and economic work in the next stage, in Beijing, capital of China, July 13, 2026. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)

France's President Emmanuel Macron and France's Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noel Barrot wait for the arrival of Ukrainian President for the Integrated Anti-Ballistic Missile Coalition meeting ahead of a summit of the Coalition of the Willing to support Ukraine at the Hotel des Invalides in Paris on July 13, 2026. The summit meeting of the Coalition of the Willing -- launched by France and the United Kingdom to provide military support to Ukraine after Russia's full-scale invasion -- will push for a ceasefire and renewed peace talks, the French presidency said. (Photo by Tom Nicholson / POOL / AFP)

France's President Emmanuel Macron (L) and France's Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noel Barrot wait for the arrival of Ukrainian President for the Integrated Anti-Ballistic Missile Coalition meeting ahead of a summit of the Coalition of the Willing to support Ukraine at the Hotel des Invalides in Paris on July 13, 2026. The summit meeting of the Coalition of the Willing -- launched by France and the United Kingdom to provide military support to Ukraine after Russia's full-scale invasion -- will push for a ceasefire and renewed peace talks, the French presidency said. (Photo by Tom Nicholson / POOL / AFP)