OSHAKATI, 27 August 2026 - CRAN Chief Executive Officer, Emilia Nghikembua, (L) pictured with MTC Chief Technical and Information Officer, Monica Nehemia. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

ONGWEDIVA, 26 August 2026 - Tresia Shikomba and her mother at their stall at the 25th edition of the Ongwediva Annual Trade Fair. (Photo: Ali Negumbo) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 26 August 2026 – President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah addressing the crowd during the Heroes Day commemoration in Windhoek on Wednesday. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 26 August 2026 – Namibian leaders (from left): Vice President Lucia Witbooi, President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, First Gentleman retired Army General Epapharas Ndenga Ndaitwah, and Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare, pictured during the Heroes Day commemoration in Windhoek on Wednesday. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 26 August 2026 - President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has granted national hero status to 16-year-old Cornelius Tulotokela Shimwaafeni, making him the youngest recipient in history. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

ONGWEDIVA, 26 August 2026 - The Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority (NAMFISA) mobile office at the 25th edition of the Ongwediva Annual Trade Fair. (Photo: Ali Negumbo) NAMPA

WINDHOEK 26 August 2026 - Bank Windhoek Managing Director, James Chapman. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

OSHIKUNDE, 17 August 2026 - Former war veterans who were injured in the armed liberation struggle, Anna Thomas and her husband, Julius Petrus, at their home in Omutwewomunhu village, Oshikunde Constituency. (Photo: Eba Kandovazu) NAMPA

(260827) -- YINCHUAN, Aug. 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 10, 2026 shows a liquid sample collected from a bronze pot at the Ningxia Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. TO GO WITH "Feature: Modern tech gives voice to Chinese wine over 2,000 years old" (Xinhua/Yang Zhisen)

(260827) -- YINCHUAN, Aug. 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 5, 2026 shows a bronze garlic-head-shaped pot in Guyuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. TO GO WITH "Feature: Modern tech gives voice to Chinese wine over 2,000 years old" (Xinhua/Yang Zhisen)

(260827) -- YINCHUAN, Aug. 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A drone photo shows an archaeological excavation site in Shanjiabu Village of Guyuan City, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Aug. 5, 2026. TO GO WITH "Feature: Modern tech gives voice to Chinese wine over 2,000 years old" (Xinhua/Yang Zhisen)

(260827) -- YINCHUAN, Aug. 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A researcher observes a bronze ware specimen via a microscope at the Ningxia Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2026. TO GO WITH "Feature: Modern tech gives voice to Chinese wine over 2,000 years old" (Xinhua/Yang Zhisen)

(260827) -- KINSHASA, Aug. 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Roger Kamba (L), health minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), attends a handover ceremony for China's emergency humanitarian assistance to the DRC in Kinshasa, DRC, Aug. 26, 2026. China has long supported the development of the health sector in the DRC and remains an important and priority partner, DRC Health Minister Roger Kamba said Wednesday. (Xinhua)

Atlantic puffins gather among the grassy nesting burrows on the coastal cliffs of Heimaey, part of Iceland’s Westman Islands (Vestmannaeyjar), on August 26, 2026. The archipelago is home to one of the world’s largest Atlantic puffin colonies during the summer breeding season. (Photo by Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP)

Hesse's State Premier Boris Rhein (R) and the CEO of German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall Armin Papperger give a statement to present the "Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)", on August 27, 2026 at the airport of Kassel, western Germany. The state of Hesse and Rheinmetall aim to develop northern Hesse as a hub for innovation and defense and economic strength. (Photo by Sascha Schuermann / AFP)

Hesse's State Premier Boris Rhein (R) and the CEO of German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall Armin Papperger give a statement to present the "Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)", on August 27, 2026 at the airport of Kassel, western Germany. The state of Hesse and Rheinmetall aim to develop northern Hesse as a hub for innovation and defense and economic strength. (Photo by Sascha Schuermann / AFP)