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

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (L) and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greet Estonia's Prime Minister Kristen Michal (C) as he arrives for a NATO Summit at Bestepe Presidential Compound in Ankara, Turkey, July 8, 2026. The summit comes at a fraught time for the 77-year-old transatlantic alliance, with the US President demanding members make good on a pledge to ramp up defence spending as Washington takes a step back from Europe. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP)

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (L) and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greet Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda as he arrives for a NATO Summit at Bestepe Presidential Compound in Ankara, Turkey, July 8, 2026. The summit comes at a fraught time for the 77-year-old transatlantic alliance, with the US President demanding members make good on a pledge to ramp up defence spending as Washington takes a step back from Europe. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP)

A model gets ready in the backstage ahead of the Elie Saab Women Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2026-2027 collection as part of the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, on July 8, 2026. (Photo by SIMON WOHLFAHRT / AFP)

An Estonian army soldier looks on as he prepares to parade during a rehearsal of the annual Bastille Day military parade down the Champs Elysees Avenue, with the Arc de Triomphe in the background in Paris on July 8, 2026. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)

Czech Republic's army soldiers prepare to parade during a rehearsal of the annual Bastille Day military parade down the Champs Elysees Avenue, in Paris on July 8, 2026. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)

French Marine Nationale soldiers (French Navy) parade during a rehearsal of the annual Bastille Day military parade down the Champs Elysees Avenue, with the Arc de Triomphe in the background in Paris on July 8, 2026. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (L) and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greet Poland's President Karol Nawrocki as he arrives for a NATO Summit at Bestepe Presidential Compound in Ankara, Turkey, July 8, 2026. The summit comes at a fraught time for the 77-year-old transatlantic alliance, with the US President demanding members make good on a pledge to ramp up defence spending as Washington takes a step back from Europe. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP)

This photograph shows a weather forecast screen which predicts temperatures of 38 degrees Celsius in the morning and 41 in the afternoon in Villeneuve-les-Beziers, southern France, on July 8, 2026. (Photo by Gabriel BOUYS / AFP)