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

French designer Enzo Malone arrives for the opening ceremony of the 65th Monte-Carlo Television Festival in Monaco on June 12, 2026. (Photo by Valery HACHE / AFP)

(FILES) Arlette Testyler (L), president of the Union of Auschwitz Deportees, attends with France's Delegate Minister for Gender Equality and Fight against Discriminations Aurore Berge (R) a posthumous award ceremony of the "Righteous Among the Nations Medal and Diploma" the highest distinction created and issued by the State of Israel, for Jeanne and Jean Philippeau (who passed away in 1992 and 1993), who hosted and saved Madeleine, her sister Arlette Testyler, born Reimann and Simon Windlhandfor during the German occupation in 1942, at the "Minotaure" performance hall, in Vendome, center western France on June 16, 2025. The president of the Union of Auschwitz Deportees, Arlette Testyler, a survivor of the Vel d’Hiv round-up, died on June 12, 2026, at the age of 93, the Foundation for the Memory of the Shoah has announced. Born in Paris in 1933, Arlette Testyler, whose father died in Auschwitz, was arrested with her mother Malka and her sister Madeleine on July 16, 1942, then taken to the Velodrome d’Hiver before being interned at the Beaune-la-Rolande transit camp, from which they managed to escape, the Foundation recalls. (Photo by JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER / AFP)

(FILES) French holocaust survivor and President of the Auschwitz Deportees' Union Arlette Testyler reacts as she takes part in the Rekindling the Flame ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknow Soldier during commemorations on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau by the Red Army, marking the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, on January 27, 2025. The president of the Union of Auschwitz Deportees, Arlette Testyler, a survivor of the Vel d’Hiv round-up, died on June 12, 2026, at the age of 93, the Foundation for the Memory of the Shoah has announced. Born in Paris in 1933, Arlette Testyler, whose father died in Auschwitz, was arrested with her mother Malka and her sister Madeleine on July 16, 1942, then taken to the Velodrome d’Hiver before being interned at the Beaune-la-Rolande transit camp, from which they managed to escape, the Foundation recalls. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)

(FILES) French holocaust survivor and President of the Auschwitz Deportees' Union Arlette Testyler reacts as she takes part in the Rekindling the Flame ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknow Soldier during commemorations on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau by the Red Army, marking the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, on January 27, 2025. The president of the Union of Auschwitz Deportees, Arlette Testyler, a survivor of the Vel d’Hiv round-up, died on June 12, 2026, at the age of 93, the Foundation for the Memory of the Shoah has announced. Born in Paris in 1933, Arlette Testyler, whose father died in Auschwitz, was arrested with her mother Malka and her sister Madeleine on July 16, 1942, then taken to the Velodrome d’Hiver before being interned at the Beaune-la-Rolande transit camp, from which they managed to escape, the Foundation recalls. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)

(FILES) Arlette Testyler, president of the Union of Auschwitz Deportees, addresses the audience during a posthumous award ceremony of the "Righteous Among the Nations Medal and Diploma" the highest distinction created and issued by the State of Israel, for Jeanne and Jean Philippeau (who passed away in 1992 and 1993), who hosted and saved Madeleine, her sister Arlette Testyler, born Reimann and Simon Windlhandfor during the German occupation in 1942, at the "Minotaure" performance hall, in Vendome, center western France on June 16, 2025. The president of the Union of Auschwitz Deportees, Arlette Testyler, a survivor of the Vel d’Hiv round-up, died on June 12, 2026, at the age of 93, the Foundation for the Memory of the Shoah has announced. Born in Paris in 1933, Arlette Testyler, whose father died in Auschwitz, was arrested with her mother Malka and her sister Madeleine on July 16, 1942, then taken to the Velodrome d’Hiver before being interned at the Beaune-la-Rolande transit camp, from which they managed to escape, the Foundation recalls. (Photo by JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER / AFP)

The Spanish Air Force Dassault Falcon 900B aircraft carrying Pope Leo XIV to Rome takes off following a delay of the first papal plane's takeoff due to an incident at Los Rodeos International Airport on the Canary Island of Tenerife on June 12, 2026. Pope Leo XIV will return to Rome from the Canary Islands today on a plane offered by Spanish King Felipe VI after his orginal aircraft suffered a technical glitch, the Vatican said. The flight is scheduled to depart Tenerife at 6 pm (1700 GMT) and arrive in Rome at around 11 pm, it said in a statement. (Photo by Simone Risoluti / AFP)

(FILES) French holocaust survivor and President of the Auschwitz Deportees' Union Arlette Testyler reacts as she takes part in the Rekindling the Flame ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknow Soldier during commemorations on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau by the Red Army, marking the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, on January 27, 2025. The president of the Union of Auschwitz Deportees, Arlette Testyler, a survivor of the Vel d’Hiv round-up, died on June 12, 2026, at the age of 93, the Foundation for the Memory of the Shoah has announced. Born in Paris in 1933, Arlette Testyler, whose father died in Auschwitz, was arrested with her mother Malka and her sister Madeleine on July 16, 1942, then taken to the Velodrome d’Hiver before being interned at the Beaune-la-Rolande transit camp, from which they managed to escape, the Foundation recalls. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)

(FILES) View of a trap placed by scientists of the Malbran institute, members of the Health Minister of Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego and members of the National Park Administration, to collect mice near Ushuaia, Argentina on May 18, 2026. Scientists were unable to find in Argentina's Mendoza province (west) any specimens of the rodent that carries the Andes strain of hantavirus, as part of the investigation into the outbreak aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius, Argentina's Ministry of Health reported on June 12, 2026. (Photo by JUAN MABROMATA / AFP)