WINDHOEK, 07 July 2026 - Ana Beatriz Martins, European Union (EU) Ambassador to Namibia. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

GENEVA, 06 July 2026 - Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Emma Theofelus, pictured with Chairperson of the PowerCom Board, Eldorette Harmse, Director of the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Dr Cosmas Luckyson Zavazava; and Namibia's Ambassador to the Swiss Confederation and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office in Geneva, Elvis Shiweda, during the Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday. (Photo by: Josephina Simeon) NAMPA

GUANGZHOU, 06 July 2026 - A car assembly line at the Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC) car company. GAC is China’s state-owned automaker. Which manufactures vehicles under its own marques (GAC Motor and AION) and operates highly successful joint ventures with Honda and Toyota. With global reach across 86 regions, it is rapidly expanding into EVs and international production. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

GUANGZHOU, 06 July 2026 - China's GAC International plans to establish a vehicle assembly operation in Namibia before the end of 2026 as part of its expansion into Southern Africa. The right-hand-drive AION V electric vehicle (pictured here) will be among the models assembled at the envisioned motor assembly plant. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

GUANGZHOU, 06 July 2026 - China's GAC International plans to establish a vehicle assembly operation in Namibia before the end of 2026 as part of its expansion into Southern Africa. The right-hand-drive AION V electric vehicle (pictured here) will be among the models assembled at the envisioned motor assembly plant. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

WALVIS BAY, 24 April 2026 - President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah and Vice President Lucia Witbooi accompanied by other senior officials during a recent visit to the Seaworks fishing factory in Walvis Bay. They are looking at some of the most popularly imported seafood. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

GUANGZHOU, 06 July 2026 - President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah and First Gentleman Lieutenant-General (Retired) Epaphras Denga Ndaitwah with Namibian cabinet ministers and business delegation, as well as a Chinese delegation attending the Namibia–China Business Networking Forum in Guangzhou on Monday. (Photo by: Isabel Bento)

GUANGZHOU, 06 July 2026 - Communist Party of China Party secretary of Guangdong and member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party, Huang Kunming. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

Cofidis team's Luxembourgish rider Alex Kirsch cycles to join the leadind riders during the 4th stage of the 113th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 181,9 km between Carcassonne and Foix in southwestern France, on July 7, 2026. (Photo by Loic VENANCE / AFP)

TOPSHOT - The chasing group cycles during the 4th stage of the 113th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 181,9 km between Carcassonne and Foix in southwestern France, on July 7, 2026. (Photo by Loic VENANCE / AFP)

France's President Emmanuel Macron (C-L) and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa (C-R) give a joint press conference in Damascus on July 7, 2026. French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Damascus on July 6, 2026 for the first visit by a Western European head of state since Syria's new authorities took power in 2024, an AFP journalist said. Macron, who will depart on July 7, 2026, will advocate for "a free, pluralist Syria that respects each of its components" and plays a role in moderating Middle East tensions, the French presidency told journalists ahead of his arrival. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP)

French fashion designer Stephan Rolland (C) acknowledges the audience at the end of the Stephane Rolland Women Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2026-2027 collection as part of the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, on July 7, 2026. (Photo by GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT / AFP)

A woman reads a book in the shade of a sun umbrella at the Bègles lake in Bègles, on the outskirts of Bordeaux, south-western France on July 7, 2026, as another heatwave hits France. (Photo by Christophe ARCHAMBAULT / AFP)

(FILES) Reform UK leader Nigel Farage attends a party press conference in London on November 18, 2025. British hard-right politician Nigel Farage announced on July 7, 2026, that he would resign as a member of parliament to run in a snap by-election, in a high-stakes gamble following weeks of scrutiny over his finances. "I've decided that the people of Clacton should be the judges of my actions," he said, referring to the southeast England constituency he has represented for two years. "This will be a people versus the establishment by-election," he added in a televised statement. (Photo by Justin TALLIS / AFP)

Bathers cool off at the Bègles lake in Bègles, on the outskirts of Bordeaux, south-western France on July 7, 2026, as another heatwave hits France. (Photo by Christophe ARCHAMBAULT / AFP)

A Sudanese receives food distributed in al-Rahmaniyah camp for displaced people, near the city of El-Obeid in the southern Kordofan region on July 7, 2026. El-Obeid, a city of half a million people that hosts nearly 100,000 refugees displaced by violence elsewhere, has, in recent weeks, faced its most intense attacks yet from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). After breaking a prolonged siege in February last year, the army has struggled to stop the RSF from reimposing a blockade through repeated drone strikes targeting the city, its infrastructure and the main highway out. (Photo by AFP)