WINDHOEK, 22 June 2026 - Plans for Namibia Air are advancing following a significant regulatory breakthrough on Thursday, as the Transport Commission granted Air Operating Licenses to the Ministry of Works and Transport. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 06 August 2026 - Namibia University of Science and Technology Council Chairperson Leake Hangala. (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 06 August 2026 - Finance Minister Ericah Shafudah. (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 06 August 2026 - Finance Minister Ericah Shafudah. (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 06 August 2026 – President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah addresses an engagement with chief executive officers and chairpersons of Namibia's 78 State-owned enterprises, organised by the Public Enterprises CEOs' Forum. (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

OPUWO, 06 August 2026 - Some of the 24 completed Mass Housing Development Programme houses handed over to beneficiaries in Opuwo, Kunene Region, on Thursday. (Photo: Kaviveterue Virere) NAMPA

OPUWO, 06 August 2026 - Urban and Rural Development Minister James Sankwasa speaks during the handover of 24 completed Mass Housing Development Programme houses in Opuwo, Kunene Region, on Thursday. (Photo: Kaviveterue Virere) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 06 August 2026 – International Training College Lingua celebrated its 25th anniversary on Thursday during a graduation ceremony for more than 1 200 students in Windhoek. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

(260807) -- ZHONGWEI, Aug. 7, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Tourists take sheepskin rafts on the Yellow River at the Shapotou scenic area in Zhongwei, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Aug. 6, 2026. The Shapotou scenic area features a unique landscape where desert, the Yellow River, mountain and oasis converge. During the peak summer tourism season, the scenic area has witnessed a surge in visitors, with daily arrivals exceeding 20,000 at its peak. (Xinhua/Yang Zhisen)

(260807) -- TORONTO, Aug. 7, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Jiang Xinyu (C)/Wu Fang-Hsien compete during the first round of the women's doubles match between Jiang Xinyu (China)/Wu Fang-Hsien (Chinese Taipei) and Marie Bouzkova/Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic at the 2026 National Bank Open tennis tournament in Toronto, Canada, Aug. 6, 2026. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)

(260807) -- TORONTO, Aug. 7, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Jiang Xinyu (R)/Wu Fang-Hsien talk to each other during the first round of the women's doubles match between Jiang Xinyu (China)/Wu Fang-Hsien (Chinese Taipei) and Marie Bouzkova/Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic at the 2026 National Bank Open tennis tournament in Toronto, Canada, Aug. 6, 2026. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)

(260807) -- TORONTO, Aug. 7, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Marie Bouzkova/Linda Noskova (R) compete during the first round of the women's doubles match between Jiang Xinyu (China)/Wu Fang-Hsien (Chinese Taipei) and Marie Bouzkova/Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic at the 2026 National Bank Open tennis tournament in Toronto, Canada, Aug. 6, 2026. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)

(260807) -- TORONTO, Aug. 7, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Jiang Xinyu (1st L)/Wu Fang-Hsien (2nd L) and Marie Bouzkova/Linda Noskova (1st R) shake hands after the first round of the women's doubles match between Jiang Xinyu (China)/Wu Fang-Hsien (Chinese Taipei) and Marie Bouzkova/Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic at the 2026 National Bank Open tennis tournament in Toronto, Canada, Aug. 6, 2026. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)

(260807) -- TORONTO, Aug. 7, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Marie Bouzkova/Linda Noskova (L) compete during the first round of the women's doubles match between Jiang Xinyu (China)/Wu Fang-Hsien (Chinese Taipei) and Marie Bouzkova/Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic at the 2026 National Bank Open tennis tournament in Toronto, Canada, Aug. 6, 2026. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)

(260807) -- TORONTO, Aug. 7, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Jiang Xinyu (Front)/Wu Fang-Hsien compete during the first round of the women's doubles match between Jiang Xinyu (China)/Wu Fang-Hsien (Chinese Taipei) and Marie Bouzkova/Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic at the 2026 National Bank Open tennis tournament in Toronto, Canada, Aug. 6, 2026. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)

A Ukrainian serviceman of the 65th Mechanized Brigade attends a field test of the off-road capabilities of a ground drone in an undisclosed location in Zaporizhzhia region on June 5, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Autonomous ground drone vehicles that crawl the "kill zone" - the kilometres-deep stretch of territory where Russian and Ukrainian drones lurk in the skies, posing a constant danger to anybody below. Ukraine has built a sprawling drone industry from scratch, hailed by President Volodymyr Zelensky as the best in the world, but the dismissal of popular defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov - one of the most ardent backers of drones - raised some concerns over the future of the sector. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)