WINDHOEK, 19 October 2026 - Veteran diplomat Tuliameni Kalomoh expresses deep grief over the passing of former First Lady Penexupifo Pohamba. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 18 October 2026 — Former Cabinet Minister Ben Amathila, along with other politicians, diplomats, and family friends, joined former President Hifikepunye Pohamba on Sunday to pay tribute following the passing of his wife, former First Lady Penexupifo Pohamba, who died in Windhoek on Saturday. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 18 October 2026 — A candle-lighting vigil was carried out today by politicians and diplomats in mourning of former First Lady Penexupifo Pohamba, who passed away in Windhoek on Saturday. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

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

(261018) -- YEREVAN, Oct. 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan speaks at the opening ceremony of the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17) in Yerevan, Armenia, Oct. 18, 2026. The 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17) opened on Sunday in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, with countries set to conduct the first global review of collective progress in implementing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF). (Xinhua/Chen Junfeng)

(261018) -- YEREVAN, Oct. 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Oct. 18, 2026 shows the opening ceremony of the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17) in Yerevan, Armenia. The 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17) opened on Sunday in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, with countries set to conduct the first global review of collective progress in implementing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF). (Xinhua/Chen Junfeng)

(261018) -- YEREVAN, Oct. 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Astrid Schomaker, executive secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, speaks at the opening ceremony of the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17) in Yerevan, Armenia, Oct. 18, 2026. The 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17) opened on Sunday in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, with countries set to conduct the first global review of collective progress in implementing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF). (Xinhua/Chen Junfeng)

(261018) -- SAADA, Oct. 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- An injured child is transferred to a hospital after a Saudi airstrike in Saada province, Yemen, on Oct. 18, 2026. Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported that 10 people were killed and 23 others injured in an alleged Saudi airstrike Sunday on a house in Yemen's northern province of Saada. (Houthi Media Center/Handout via Xinhua)

(261018) -- SAADA, Oct. 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- People search for survivors among the rubble of a house hit by a Saudi airstrike in Saada province, Yemen, on Oct. 18, 2026. Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported that 10 people were killed and 23 others injured in an alleged Saudi airstrike Sunday on a house in Yemen's northern province of Saada. (Houthi Media Center/Handout via Xinhua)

(261018) -- SAADA, Oct. 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Injured people are transferred to a hospital after a Saudi airstrike in Saada province, Yemen, on Oct. 18, 2026. Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported that 10 people were killed and 23 others injured in an alleged Saudi airstrike Sunday on a house in Yemen's northern province of Saada. (Houthi Media Center/Handout via Xinhua)

(261018) -- SAADA, Oct. 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- People search for survivors among the rubble of a house hit by a Saudi airstrike in Saada province, Yemen, on Oct. 18, 2026. Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported that 10 people were killed and 23 others injured in an alleged Saudi airstrike Sunday on a house in Yemen's northern province of Saada. (Houthi Media Center/Handout via Xinhua)

Aerial view shows people attending the "Ato Musical pela Democracia" (Musical Act for Democracy), a concert held in defense of democracy, at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on October 18, 2026, one week before the presidential runoff. (Photo by Pablo PORCIUNCULA / AFP)