SWAKOPMUND, 11 July 2025 - Namibia emerged as the standout performer in the 2026 African country rankings, surging from 15th to 3rd place, largely driven by a favorable tax environment and improvements in other key areas. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA.

SWAKOPMUND, 11 June 2026 -Speaker of the National Assembly Saara Kuugongelwa (far right), Erongo Governor Natalia /Goagoses (far left) photographed with ODEC management and staff and other political leaders during the unveiling of the Open Doors Education Centre (ODEC) Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Programme in Swakopmund on Thursday. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 11 JUNE 2026 - Namibia has released its Impact Assessment Report on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and the Accelerated Industrial Development for Africa (AIDA) in Windhoek on Thursday, an event commissioned by the Executive Director and Director General at the National Planning Commission, along with Jane Matsubara, JICA advisor; Mustafa Sakr, the Head, Trade and Market Unit at AUDA; and Akihiro Hoshino, Japan International Agency Resident Representative. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 11 JUNE 2026 - Namibia has released its Impact Assessment Report on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and the Accelerated Industrial Development for Africa (AIDA) in Windhoek on Thursday, an event commissioned by the Executive Director and Director General at the National Planning Commission, along with Jane Matsubara, JICA advisor; Mustafa Sakr, the Head, Trade and Market Unit at AUDA; and Akihiro Hoshino, Japan International Agency Resident Representative. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 11 JUN (NAMPA) The National Planning Commission has launched its Strategic Plan for 2025/26 – 2029/30. The commission's executive director, I-Ben Nashandi (centre), led the launch alongside key strategic stakeholders in Windhoek on Thursday. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 11 JUN (NAMPA) The National Planning Commission has launched its Strategic Plan for 2025/26 – 2029/30. The commission's executive director, I-Ben Nashandi (second from left), led the launch alongside key strategic stakeholders in Windhoek on Thursday. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 11 June 2026 - Former first lady, Monica Geingos. (Photo by: Molly Weyulu) NAMPA

WALVIS BAY, 10 June 2026 - Delegates attending the Association of Local Authorities in Namibia (ALAN) Elective Congress in Walvis Bay. The three-day congress will conclude with a the election of a new leadership to guide the association for the next term. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

(FILES) A man walks as members of the KFOR - NATO led peacekeeping mission in Kosovo patrol over the main bridge in Mitrovica on August 10, 2024. NATO announced on June 12, 2026 that it was reducing the size of its military mission in Kosovo, KFOR, due to the “improvement” in security conditions in the small Balkan country. (Photo by Armend NIMANI / AFP)

(FILES) Turkish soldiers, serving in a NATO peacekeeping mission in Kosovo (KFOR), patrol near the town of Zubin Potok on December 2, 2024. NATO announced on June 12, 2026 that it was reducing the size of its military mission in Kosovo, KFOR, due to the “improvement” in security conditions in the small Balkan country. (Photo by Armend NIMANI / AFP)

People buy vegetables at a market in Karachi on June 12, 2026. (Photo by Rizwan TABASSUM / AFP)

Palestinians and Israeli left-wing activists hold placards during their protest march against the planned eviction of the villagers at Khan al-Ahmar in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on June 12, 2026. Excluding east Jerusalem, more than 500,000 Israelis live in settlements in the West Bank, which Israel has occupied since 1967, among some three million Palestinians. (Photo by Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius stands next to Inspector of the German Air Force, Lieutenant General Holger Neumann as he tours the International Aerospace Exhibition (ILA) at the BER Airport in Schoenefeld, southeast of Berlin, on June 12, 2026. (Photo by RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP)

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius inspects the cockpit of a tornado combat aircraft of the German armed forces Bundeswehr as he tours the International Aerospace Exhibition (ILA) at the BER Airport in Schoenefeld, southeast of Berlin, on June 12, 2026. (Photo by RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP)

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius sits in a NHIndustries NH90 twin-engine military helicopter of the German armed forces Bundeswehr as he tours the International Aerospace Exhibition (ILA) at the BER Airport in Schoenefeld, southeast of Berlin, on June 12, 2026. (Photo by RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP)

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius talks with German soldiers as he sits in a NHIndustries NH90 twin-engine military helicopter of the German armed forces Bundeswehr as he tours the International Aerospace Exhibition (ILA) at the BER Airport in Schoenefeld, southeast of Berlin, on June 12, 2026. (Photo by RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP)