/KHOICHAS, 14 August 2026 - Namibia’s independence was a collective victory. The southern regions of Hardap and ||Karas were central to the struggle, anchored by local churches that risked everything to shelter PLAN fighters and educate the future leaders of our nation. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

HOACHANAS, 12 August 2026 - Historian and liberation struggle icon Markus Kooper, in collaboration with the Hoachanas community, has established a community library to preserve the history of the southern region, including the Red Clan history and past freedom struggle events. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

GIBEON, 13 August 2026 - The African Methodist Episcopal Private Community School (AMEPS) in Gibeon was a significant community-operated institution founded by the AME Church and local leaders, including Hendrik Witbooi, during the fight for freedom. It ceased operations and was integrated into the state school system in 2007. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

/KHOICHAS, 14 August 2026 - Jacqueline Juliana Rukamba, a former principal at Khoichas Primary School in the Karas region, significantly contributed to Namibia's independence, particularly in education, during the 1970s and 1980s. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

GIBEON, 13 August 2026 – The African Methodist Episcopal Private Community School (AMEPS) in Gibeon was a significant community-operated institution founded by the AME Church and local leaders, including Hendrik Witbooi, during the fight for freedom. It ceased operations and was integrated into the state school system in 2007. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

GIBEON, 13 August 2026 – The African Methodist Episcopal Private Community School (AMEPS) in Gibeon was a significant community-operated institution founded by the AME Church and local leaders, including Hendrik Witbooi, during the fight for freedom. It ceased operations and was integrated into the state school system in 2007. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

GIBEON, 13 August 2026 – Gaob Salomon Josephat Witbooi, former Namibian ambassador to Zambia, reflected on the southern region's contribution to Namibia's struggle for independence during a discussion with Nampa's team. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 15 August 2026 - South Africa’s Kelsey Jade van Schoor (in green) during the 2026 Pupkewitz Megabuild Tour de Windhoek. She was crowned the overall champion of the 2026 women’s category. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

17 August 2026, Saxony-Anhalt, Weferlingen: Ulrich Siegmund, lead candidate of the Alternative for Germany party in Saxony-Anhalt, attends an AfD town hall meeting in Weferlingen regarding the 2026 state election. Photo: Peter Gercke/dpa

17 August 2026, Saxony-Anhalt, Weferlingen: Ulrich Siegmund, lead candidate of the Alternative for Germany party in Saxony-Anhalt, attends an AfD town hall meeting in Weferlingen regarding the 2026 state election. Photo: Peter Gercke/dpa

17 August 2026, Saxony-Anhalt, Weferlingen: Ulrich Siegmund, lead candidate of the Alternative for Germany party in Saxony-Anhalt, attends an AfD town hall meeting in Weferlingen regarding the 2026 state election. Photo: Peter Gercke/dpa

17 August 2026, Saxony-Anhalt, Weferlingen: Ulrich Siegmund, lead candidate of the Alternative for Germany party in Saxony-Anhalt, attends an AfD town hall meeting in Weferlingen regarding the 2026 state election. Photo: Peter Gercke/dpa

17 August 2026, Saxony-Anhalt, Weferlingen: Ulrich Siegmund, lead candidate of the Alternative for Germany party in Saxony-Anhalt, attends an AfD town hall meeting in Weferlingen regarding the 2026 state election. Photo: Peter Gercke/dpa

17 August 2026, Saxony-Anhalt, Weferlingen: Martin Reichardt, state chairman of the Alternative for Germany party in Saxony-Anhalt, attends an AfD town hall meeting in Weferlingen regarding the 2026 state election. Photo: Peter Gercke/dpa

(FILES) Masrour Barzani, Prime Minister of the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government, gives a press conference in the autonomous region's capital Arbil on June 25, 2025. Iraq's Prime Minister has ordered a probe into the drone attack that targeted the Kurdistan's Prime Minister Masrour Barzani's office and the home of the autonomous region's intelligence chief overnight, his office said on August 16, 2026. (Photo by Safin HAMID / AFP)

Michael Sanft, attorney for Duane Davis, delivers opening statements in Davis's murder trial, related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, at Clark County District Court in the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on August 17, 2026. The trial of the former gang leader accused of orchestrating the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur began on August 10, 30 years after one of America's most high-profile unresolved killings. The proceedings, expected to last a month, will likely not make clear who fired the shots that killed the California hip-hop legend on the night of September 7, 1996, while he was in Las Vegas to see a Mike Tyson boxing match. (Photo by STEVE MARCUS / POOL / AFP)