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

08 July 2026, Bavaria, Schongau: police and emergency medical service vehicles are parked in front of the Welfen High School, following an incident that left several people injured and resulted in one arrest. Photo: Christoph Peters/Münchner Merkur/tz/dpa

07 July 2026, Berlin: German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier shakes hands with Michelle Muentefering, Executive Director of the Production Alliance attend a celebration hosted by the "Alliance of German Producers-Film & Television" at the German Chancellery. Photo: Sebastian Gollnow/dpa

07 July 2026, Berlin: (L-R) German actress Natalia Woerner, Germany's First lady Elke Buedenbender, and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, attend celebration hosted by the "Alliance of German Producers-Film & Television" at the German Chancellery. Photo: Sebastian Christoph Gollnow/dpa

FILED - 15 April 2026, Bavaria, Munich: FILE PHOTO - Former Formula One driver Ralf Schumacher arrives to the red carpet during a presentation of new Sky productions. Photo: Lukas Barth-Tuttas/dpa

Flemish Minister for Mobility and Public Works Annick De Ridder speaks during a plenary session of the Flemish Parliament in Brussels on July 8, 2026. (Photo by JAMES ARTHUR GEKIERE / Belga / AFP) / Belgium OUT

France's President Emmanuel Macron speaks to the press during a NATO Summit at Bestepe Presidential Compound in Ankara, Turkey, July 8, 2026. The summit comes at a fraught time for the 77-year-old transatlantic alliance, with the US President demanding members make good on a pledge to ramp up defence spending as Washington takes a step back from Europe. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP)

Workers repair a road under the sun at a construction site in Rome on July 8, 2026, as parts of Europe experience another heatwave. (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP)

Workers repair a road under the sun at a construction site in Rome on July 8, 2026, as parts of Europe experience another heatwave. (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP)