GABORONE, 06 July 2026 - Southern African officials will meet in Johannesburg from 15 to 17 July to advance public spending efficiency through cost-benefit analysis. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

NEW YORK, 07 July 2026 - Diene Keita, Executive Director of UNFPA. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

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

(260708) -- BEIJING, July 8, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, talks with the two national top sci-tech award winners Chen Liquan, a researcher at the Institute of Physics under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and a Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) academician, and Ben De, a researcher at the China Electronics Technology Group Corporation and also a CAE academician, after a meeting bringing together the national science and technology award conference, the general assemblies of the members of the CAS and the CAE, and the 11th national congress of the China Association for Science and Technology at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, July 8, 2026. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)

(260708) -- BEIJING, July 8, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Li Qiang presides over a meeting bringing together the national science and technology award conference, the general assemblies of the members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), and the 11th national congress of the China Association for Science and Technology at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, July 8, 2026. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)

(260708) -- BEIJING, July 8, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Ding Xuexiang announces the award decision at a meeting bringing together the national science and technology award conference, the general assemblies of the members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), and the 11th national congress of the China Association for Science and Technology at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, July 8, 2026. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)

(260708) -- YINCHUAN, July 8, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Players of Chinese U17 national team line up before the CFA Team China International Youth Football Tournament Yinchuan 2026 between Chinese U17 national team and Tanzania U17 national team in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, July 8, 2026. (Xinhua/Yang Zhisen)

(260708) -- YINCHUAN, July 8, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Players of both teams greet each other before the CFA Team China International Youth Football Tournament Yinchuan 2026 between Chinese U17 national team and Tanzania U17 national team in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, July 8, 2026. (Xinhua/Yang Zhisen)

(260708) -- YINCHUAN, July 8, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Qin Ziniu (1st R), goalkeeper of Chinese U17 national team, competes during the CFA Team China International Youth Football Tournament Yinchuan 2026 between Chinese U17 national team and Tanzania U17 national team in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, July 8, 2026. (Xinhua/Yang Zhisen)

(260708) -- YINCHUAN, July 8, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Yuan Bohan (L) of Chinese U17 national team vies with Idrisa Kasim Kilendemo of Tanzania U17 national team during the CFA Team China International Youth Football Tournament Yinchuan 2026 between Chinese U17 national team and Tanzania U17 national team in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, July 8, 2026. (Xinhua/Yang Zhisen)

(260708) -- YINCHUAN, July 8, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Players of Tanzania U17 national team celebrate scoring during the CFA Team China International Youth Football Tournament Yinchuan 2026 between Chinese U17 national team and Tanzania U17 national team in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, July 8, 2026. (Xinhua/Yang Zhisen)