WINDHOEK, 09 November 2026 - The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN), with International IDEA and India's IIIDEM, launched a three-day training workshop on Risk Management and Electoral Resilience in Windhoek from 9–11 November 2026, uniting ECN leaders and global election experts to share best practices for managing challenges. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 09 November 2026 - Erongo Regional Council Chairperson Lazarus Kanelombe, ERC Chairperson Sem Ntelamo and other constituency Councillors photographed with mining company representatives during the council’s first ever engagement with the complies. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

WALVIS BAY, Erongo Governor Natalia /Goagoses, Walvis Bay Mayor Johannes Shimbilinga and other councillors of the Walvis Bay Municipality photographed after the Mayoral Fundraising Gala Dinner after a record-breaking pledge of N$21,2 million raised at the gala. (Photo: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 06 November 2026 - Traditional Authorities from genocide-affected communities and members of the Joint Declaration Committee gather in Windhoek on Friday, 06 November 2026, to deliberate on the ongoing reparations negotiations with Germany. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 06 November 2026 - Traditional Authorities from genocide-affected communities and members of the Joint Declaration Committee gather in Windhoek on Friday, 06 November 2026, to deliberate on the ongoing reparations negotiations with Germany. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 06 November 2026 - Residents of the Erongo region attended President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah’s town hall community meeting which took place at Swakopmund. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

WALVIS BAY, 06 November 2026 - Agriculture, Water,Fisheries and Land Reform, Erongo Governor Natalia /Goagoses and Castro Bros general manager Ricky de Castro during the christening of the Castro Kumata fishing vessel, through a partnership between Namibian owned Beki Kumata and Castro Bros fishing. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

GOBABIS, 05 November 2026 - A miniature mobile vocational training unit, featuring a welding and metal fabrication section and a theory classroom, designed and produced by students at the Gobabis Vocational Training Centre as a demonstration of their practical skills and creativity. (Photo: Contributed)) NAMPA

Fuel pumps stand beneath a weathered red canopy at a gas station in Jackson, Mississippi, on November 9, 2026. Mississippi residents faced a "nerve-wracking" wait to see whether the southern state elects its first Black senator in more than a century as vote-counting has dragged on after this past week's US midterms. Voters who spoke to AFP in the state capital Jackson over the weekend anticipated that history could be in the making in the close race between Democrat Scott Colom, an African-American man, and Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith, a white woman. (Photo by Ricardo ARDUENGO / AFP)

A campaign sign for Democratic US Senate candidate Scott Colom stands along a chain-link fence beside a road in Jackson, Mississippi, on November 9, 2026. Mississippi residents faced a "nerve-wracking" wait to see whether the southern state elects its first Black senator in more than a century as vote-counting has dragged on after this past week's US midterms. Voters who spoke to AFP in the state capital Jackson over the weekend anticipated that history could be in the making in the close race between Democrat Scott Colom, an African-American man, and Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith, a white woman. (Photo by Ricardo ARDUENGO / AFP)

A pedestrian crosses a street in front of a campaign sign for Democratic US Senate candidate Scott Colom in Jackson, Mississippi, on November 9, 2026. Mississippi residents faced a "nerve-wracking" wait to see whether the southern state elects its first Black senator in more than a century as vote-counting has dragged on after this past week's US midterms. Voters who spoke to AFP in the state capital Jackson over the weekend anticipated that history could be in the making in the close race between Democrat Scott Colom, an African-American man, and Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith, a white woman. (Photo by Ricardo ARDUENGO / AFP)

Traffic lights hang over an intersection near a campaign sign for Democratic US Senate candidate Scott Colom in Jackson, Mississippi, on November 9, 2026. Mississippi residents faced a "nerve-wracking" wait to see whether the southern state elects its first Black senator in more than a century as vote-counting has dragged on after this past week's US midterms. Voters who spoke to AFP in the state capital Jackson over the weekend anticipated that history could be in the making in the close race between Democrat Scott Colom, an African-American man, and Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith, a white woman. (Photo by Ricardo ARDUENGO / AFP)

A man walks in front of the Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson, Mississippi, on November 9, 2026. Mississippi residents faced a "nerve-wracking" wait to see whether the southern state elects its first Black senator in more than a century as vote-counting has dragged on after this past week's US midterms. Voters who spoke to AFP in the state capital Jackson over the weekend anticipated that history could be in the making in the close race between Democrat Scott Colom, an African-American man, and Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith, a white woman. (Photo by Ricardo ARDUENGO / AFP)

Columns frame the entrance to the Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson, Mississippi, on November 9, 2026. Mississippi residents faced a "nerve-wracking" wait to see whether the southern state elects its first Black senator in more than a century as vote-counting has dragged on after this past week's US midterms. Voters who spoke to AFP in the state capital Jackson over the weekend anticipated that history could be in the making in the close race between Democrat Scott Colom, an African-American man, and Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith, a white woman. (Photo by Ricardo ARDUENGO / AFP)

A golden eagle statue is seen atop the dome of the Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson, Mississippi, on November 9, 2026. Mississippi residents faced a "nerve-wracking" wait to see whether the southern state elects its first Black senator in more than a century as vote-counting has dragged on after this past week's US midterms. Voters who spoke to AFP in the state capital Jackson over the weekend anticipated that history could be in the making in the close race between Democrat Scott Colom, an African-American man, and Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith, a white woman. (Photo by Ricardo ARDUENGO / AFP)

Outside view of the Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson, Mississippi, on November 9, 2026. Mississippi residents faced a "nerve-wracking" wait to see whether the southern state elects its first Black senator in more than a century as vote-counting has dragged on after this past week's US midterms. Voters who spoke to AFP in the state capital Jackson over the weekend anticipated that history could be in the making in the close race between Democrat Scott Colom, an African-American man, and Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith, a white woman. (Photo by Ricardo ARDUENGO / AFP)