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

WINDHOEK, 15 October 2026 - Deputy Minister of Justice and Labour Relations, Theresia Brandt. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 15 October 2026 - European Union Ambassador to Namibia, Anna Beatriz Martins. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 15 October 2026 - Participants pictured during the Roundtable on Trade, Investment and Decent Work at Hilton Hotel on Thursday. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

(261018) -- NEW YORK, Oct. 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- People participate in a ceremony of indigenous people in New York, the United States, Oct. 17, 2026. The 5th Annual National Indigenous Peoples of the Americas Parade was held here on Saturday. (Xinhua/Zhang Fengguo)

(261018) -- HOHHOT, Oct. 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A drone photo taken on Sept. 10, 2026 shows a cloud computing center of VNET Group in Ulanqab, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Li Zhipeng)

(261018) -- HOHHOT, Oct. 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 10, 2026 shows models of computing facilities displayed at the zero-carbon computing base of Centrin Data at the Ulanqab Chahar High Tech Development Zone, in Ulanqab, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Li Zhipeng)

(261018) -- HOHHOT, Oct. 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on June 4, 2026 shows a wind-photovoltaic power storage station of Huadian (Inner Mongolia) New Energy Co., Ltd. as part of the Horinger data center cluster green energy supply demonstration project, in Hohhot, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Li Zhipeng)

(261018) -- HOHHOT, Oct. 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Staff members operate the multi-cloud computing power resource monitoring and scheduling platform of Horinger data center cluster to monitor in real time and dynamically schedule computing power resources, at a talent and innovation valley in the Horinger New Area of Hohhot, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, June 4, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Zhipeng)

(261018) -- HOHHOT, Oct. 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A drone photo taken on Sept. 10, 2026 shows the construction site of a new cloud computing center of VNET Group in Ulanqab, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Li Zhipeng)

(261018) -- HOHHOT, Oct. 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A staff member checks the computing power equipment at a supercomputing technology company in the Horinger New Area of Hohhot, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, June 4, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Zhipeng)

(261018) -- KOLKATA, Oct. 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Footwear lies scattered at a stampede site at the Chorbagan Sarbojanin neighborhood in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Oct. 17, 2026. The death toll in Saturday's stampede in India's eastern city of Kolkata rose to 19, with 25 injured people receiving treatment in different hospitals and one in a critical condition, confirmed West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday. (IANS via Xinhua)