PRETORIA, 20 August 2025 - President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah and her South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa co-chair the Fourth Namibia-South Africa Bi-National Commission in Pretoria on Friday, 17 July. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 15 July 2026 - The Effective Communicators Conference (ECC26) started in Swakopmund on Wednesday. The conference, hosted by the Namibia Press Agency (Nampa) in collaboration with the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, runs from 14 to 17 July under the theme “Communication Reconsidered: A driving force for constant progress.” (Photo: Contributed)

SWAKOPMUND, 15 July 2026 - Vice President of the Institute Public Relations in Nigeria and Chairperson of the WPRF/APRA 2026 Planning Committee Professor Emmanuel Dandaura who was part of the special APRA panel discussion, an opening event for the Effective Communicators Conference taking place in Swakopmund. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 15 July 2026 - Communications professional and author Dr Omoniyi Ibietan moderating a special APRA Panel Discussion, an opening event for the Effective Communicators Conference taking place in Swakopmund. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 15 July 2026 - A special APRA Panel Discussion including Director of Commercial for Zambia’s Zaffico Pic Irene Lungu, Vice President of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations Professor Emmanuel Dandaura and PetroFund Head of Communications and Stakeholder Engagement Shoki Kandjimi, with moderator Communications professional and author Dr Omoniyi Ibietan. The discussion was an opening event for the Effective Communicators Conference taking place in Swakopmund. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 14 July 2026 - Namibia Press Agency (Nampa) News Editor Maggy Thomas and Senior Sub-editor Angie Brandt pictured with information officers from the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, following a training session held on the sidelines of the Effective Communicators Conference (ECC26) at The Dome in Swakopmund. (Photo by: Molly Weyulu) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 14 July 2026 – Ministry of Finance Deputy Director for Legal Support and Compliance Amalia Shikongo. (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 13 July 2026 - The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia's (CRAN) newly appointed Manager for Economics and Market Development, Bridget Ellen Dundee. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

15 July 2026, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: A crane lifts a restored horse sculpture back onto the historic Horse Gate in Rotehorn Park, with Magdeburg Cathedral visible in the background. The installation completes the return of all six horse sculptures following extensive structural restorations to the gate's foundations and brick pillars. Photo: Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert/dpa

15 July 2026, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: crane lifts a restored horse sculpture back onto the historic Horse Gate in Rotehorn Park, with Magdeburg Cathedral visible in the background. The installation completes the return of all six horse sculptures following extensive structural restorations to the gate's foundations and brick pillars. Photo: Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert/dpa

15 July 2026, Bavaria, Pfelling: A sandbar along the Danube, which is currently at low water, has dried up. Photo: Armin Weigel/dpa

15 July 2026, Bavaria, Pfelling: The low water level of the Danube is exposing sandbars. Photo: Armin Weigel/dpa

FILED - 24 October 2020, Dortmund: File Photo - General view of the Schalke Stadium. Photo: Leon Kuegeler/Reuters-Pool/dpa - IMPORTANT NOTE: In accordance with the regulations of the DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga and the DFB Deutscher Fußball-Bund, it is prohibited to exploit or have exploited in the stadium and/or from the game taken photographs in the form of sequence images and/or video-like photo series.

(FILES) Former US president Joe Biden speaks during the opening of the Barack Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, Illinois, on June 18, 2026. Former US president Joe Biden announced on July 15, 2026, the forthcoming publication of a memoir on his time in the White House, and said that his cancer treatment was going "really well." In May 2025, just four months after he left office as the oldest sitting president, Biden revealed that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that had spread to his bones. (Photo by Kent NISHIMURA / AFP)

French centre-right party Renaissance's general secretary, former Prime Minister and candidate for the 2027 French presidential election Gabriel Attal looks on as he attends the finish of the 11th stage of the 113th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 161,3 km between Vichy and Nevers in central France, on July 15, 2026. (Photo by Loic VENANCE / AFP)

French centre-right party Renaissance's general secretary, former Prime Minister and candidate for the 2027 French presidential election Gabriel Attal looks on as he attends the finish of the 11th stage of the 113th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 161,3 km between Vichy and Nevers in central France, on July 15, 2026. (Photo by Loic VENANCE / AFP)