OSHAKATI, 27 August 2026 - CRAN Chief Executive Officer, Emilia Nghikembua, (L) pictured with MTC Chief Technical and Information Officer, Monica Nehemia. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

ONGWEDIVA, 26 August 2026 - Tresia Shikomba and her mother at their stall at the 25th edition of the Ongwediva Annual Trade Fair. (Photo: Ali Negumbo) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 26 August 2026 – President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah addressing the crowd during the Heroes Day commemoration in Windhoek on Wednesday. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 26 August 2026 – Namibian leaders (from left): Vice President Lucia Witbooi, President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, First Gentleman retired Army General Epapharas Ndenga Ndaitwah, and Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare, pictured during the Heroes Day commemoration in Windhoek on Wednesday. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 26 August 2026 - President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has granted national hero status to 16-year-old Cornelius Tulotokela Shimwaafeni, making him the youngest recipient in history. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

ONGWEDIVA, 26 August 2026 - The Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority (NAMFISA) mobile office at the 25th edition of the Ongwediva Annual Trade Fair. (Photo: Ali Negumbo) NAMPA

WINDHOEK 26 August 2026 - Bank Windhoek Managing Director, James Chapman. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

OSHIKUNDE, 17 August 2026 - Former war veterans who were injured in the armed liberation struggle, Anna Thomas and her husband, Julius Petrus, at their home in Omutwewomunhu village, Oshikunde Constituency. (Photo: Eba Kandovazu) NAMPA

(260827) -- BEIRUT, Aug. 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 27, 2026 in Beirut, Lebanon, shows Syrian displaced persons preparing to return to Syria through the Masnaa border crossing. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich)

(260827) -- BEIRUT, Aug. 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 27, 2026 in Beirut, Lebanon, shows a displaced Syrian girl preparing to return to Syria through the Masnaa border crossing. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich)

(260827) -- BEIRUT, Aug. 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 27, 2026 in Beirut, Lebanon, shows Syrian displaced persons preparing to return to Syria through the Masnaa border crossing. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich)

(260827) -- BEIRUT, Aug. 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 27, 2026 in Beirut, Lebanon, shows a displaced Syrian woman preparing to return to Syria through the Masnaa border crossing. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich)

Sri Lanka's Sonal Dinusha celebrates after scoring a century (100 runs) during the fifth day of the second Test cricket match between Sri Lanka and India at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground in Colombo on August 27, 2026. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)

Sri Lanka's Sonal Dinusha celebrates after scoring a century (100 runs) during the fifth day of the second Test cricket match between Sri Lanka and India at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground in Colombo on August 27, 2026. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)

Sri Lanka's Sonal Dinusha celebrates after scoring a century (100 runs) during the fifth day of the second Test cricket match between Sri Lanka and India at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground in Colombo on August 27, 2026. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)

A “Nei takk” (No thanks) sign opposing the ESB (EU in Icelandic) is displayed on wrapped hay bales outside a farm near Reykjavнk, Iceland, on August 26, 2026, ahead of a local referendum. Icelanders are to vote August 29, 2026 on whether to resume entry talks with the European Union 13 years after they were suspended, in a referendum seen going down to the wire. (Photo by Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP)