TUGUVA, 20 October 2026 - Kavango West Regional Council Chairperson Fillipus Tenga led a delegation to the residence of former President Hifikepunye Pohamba at Tuguva village in the Kavango West Region on Tuesday to offer condolences following the death of Pohamba's spouse, Namibia's second First Lady, Penehupifo Pohamba, who passed on Saturday. (Photo: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 20 October 2026 - Commuters heading from Okahandja to Windhoek hitch a ride with the seven-seater vehicles at B1 City Station. (Photo: Molly Weyulu) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 20 October 2026 - The Bank of Namibia head office in Windhoek. (Photo by: Molly Weyulu) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 20 October 2026 - The Bank of Namibia head office in Windhoek. (Photo by: Molly Weyulu) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 19 October 2026 (NAMPA) – Florida Ruhoze Haakuria of Ketungoutji Investment CC, trading as Pukaa Catering Services, confirmed that the restaurant is feeling the impact of the ongoing foot-and-mouth disease outbreak. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 19 October 2026 – The usually bustling Oshetu Kapana Market in Katutura stands unusually quiet following a three-week strain caused by Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) restrictions, which have choked the meat supply that drives the market’s local economy. (Photo: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 19 October 2026 – Helmut Angula paying tribute to former first lady Penehupifo Pohamba during a prayer service held in her honour. (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

GOBABIS - Ruth Kaukuata-Mbura, Swapo Regional Coordinator for the Omaheke Region (Photo: Contributed)

(From L-R) Ketsi Yahuarcani, Wendy Sangama, and Belen mayor Lina Arista Lopez, guests from Peru's Belen district, interact with a resident during a visit to a care-giving facility in Nanmoku village, Japan's Gunma prefecture on September 26, 2026. In a misty mountain village in Japan, residents recently welcomed unlikely guests from a Peruvian district along the Amazon River, seeing a chance to revive an ageing community facing extinction. Nanmoku village officials hope a sister-city agreement, which promotes cultural and people-to-people ties, will ultimately attract young people from Belen to live in Nanmoku, although how they might obtain residency remains unclear. (Photo by Rie KIKUCHI / AFP) / To go with AFP story Japan-Peru-social-population-demographics, FOCUS by Natsuko Fukue and Junior Raborg

Belen mayor Lina Arista Lopez, a guest from Peru's Belen district, visits a primary school in Nanmoku village, Japan's Gunma prefecture on September 26, 2026. In a misty mountain village in Japan, residents recently welcomed unlikely guests from a Peruvian district along the Amazon River, seeing a chance to revive an ageing community facing extinction. Nanmoku village officials hope a sister-city agreement, which promotes cultural and people-to-people ties, will ultimately attract young people from Belen to live in Nanmoku, although how they might obtain residency remains unclear. (Photo by Rie KIKUCHI / AFP) / To go with AFP story Japan-Peru-social-population-demographics, FOCUS by Natsuko Fukue and Junior Raborg

A general view of Nanmoku village, Gunma prefecture is seen on September 26, 2026. In a misty mountain village in Japan, residents recently welcomed unlikely guests from a Peruvian district along the Amazon River, seeing a chance to revive an ageing community facing extinction. Nanmoku village officials hope a sister-city agreement, which promotes cultural and people-to-people ties, will ultimately attract young people from Belen to live in Nanmoku, although how they might obtain residency remains unclear. (Photo by Rie KIKUCHI / AFP) / To go with AFP story Japan-Peru-social-population-demographics, FOCUS by Natsuko Fukue and Junior Raborg

Belen mayor Lina Arista Lopez (2nd R), Wendy Sangama (R) and Ketsi Yahuarcani (C), guests from Peru's Belen district, visit a primary school in Nanmoku village, Japan's Gunma prefecture on September 26, 2026. In a misty mountain village in Japan, residents recently welcomed unlikely guests from a Peruvian district along the Amazon River, seeing a chance to revive an ageing community facing extinction. Nanmoku village officials hope a sister-city agreement, which promotes cultural and people-to-people ties, will ultimately attract young people from Belen to live in Nanmoku, although how they might obtain residency remains unclear. (Photo by Rie KIKUCHI / AFP) / To go with AFP story Japan-Peru-social-population-demographics, FOCUS by Natsuko Fukue and Junior Raborg

A general view of Nanmoku village, Gunma prefecture is seen on September 26, 2026. In a misty mountain village in Japan, residents recently welcomed unlikely guests from a Peruvian district along the Amazon River, seeing a chance to revive an ageing community facing extinction. Nanmoku village officials hope a sister-city agreement, which promotes cultural and people-to-people ties, will ultimately attract young people from Belen to live in Nanmoku, although how they might obtain residency remains unclear. (Photo by Rie KIKUCHI / AFP) / To go with AFP story Japan-Peru-social-population-demographics, FOCUS by Natsuko Fukue and Junior Raborg

(From L-R) Ketsi Yahuarcani, Wendy Sangama, and Belen mayor Lina Arista Lopez, guests from Peru's Belen district, interact with a baby in Nanmoku village, Japan's Gunma prefecture on September 26, 2026. In a misty mountain village in Japan, residents recently welcomed unlikely guests from a Peruvian district along the Amazon River, seeing a chance to revive an ageing community facing extinction. Nanmoku village officials hope a sister-city agreement, which promotes cultural and people-to-people ties, will ultimately attract young people from Belen to live in Nanmoku, although how they might obtain residency remains unclear. (Photo by Rie KIKUCHI / AFP) / To go with AFP story Japan-Peru-social-population-demographics, FOCUS by Natsuko Fukue and Junior Raborg

A motorcylist rides through a street in Nanmoku village, Gunma prefecture on September 26, 2026. In a misty mountain village in Japan, residents recently welcomed unlikely guests from a Peruvian district along the Amazon River, seeing a chance to revive an ageing community facing extinction. Nanmoku village officials hope a sister-city agreement, which promotes cultural and people-to-people ties, will ultimately attract young people from Belen to live in Nanmoku, although how they might obtain residency remains unclear. (Photo by Rie KIKUCHI / AFP) / To go with AFP story Japan-Peru-social-population-demographics, FOCUS by Natsuko Fukue and Junior Raborg

(From L-R) Wendy Sangama, Ketsi Yahuarcani and Belen mayor Lina Arista Lopez, guests from Peru's Belen district, visit a primary school in Nanmoku village, Japan's Gunma prefecture on September 26, 2026. In a misty mountain village in Japan, residents recently welcomed unlikely guests from a Peruvian district along the Amazon River, seeing a chance to revive an ageing community facing extinction. Nanmoku village officials hope a sister-city agreement, which promotes cultural and people-to-people ties, will ultimately attract young people from Belen to live in Nanmoku, although how they might obtain residency remains unclear. (Photo by Rie KIKUCHI / AFP) / To go with AFP story Japan-Peru-social-population-demographics, FOCUS by Natsuko Fukue and Junior Raborg