SWAKOPMUND, 11 September 2026 - National Planning Commission Director General Ambassador Kaire Mbuende, Erongo Governor Natalia /Goagoses, Chief Regional Officer Sam Ntelamo and other regional leaders among beneficiaries at the Erongo Governor’s Fish Consumption Promotion Project in Swakopmund. (Photo contributed)

WINDHOEK, 14 September 2026 - Petrol and diesel price rises pushed Windhoek's inflation to 5.9% in August 2026, above the national rate of 5.0%, Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) said recently. (Photo: Contributed)

WINDHOEK, 13 September 2026 - Liberation struggle veteran, former Robben Island prisoner, and lifelong workers' rights advocate Helao Joseph Shityuwete was laid to rest at the Gammams Cemetery in Pionierspark, Windhoek, on Sunday following a state funeral. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 12 September 2026 - Vipers and Keetmanshoop Rams Rugby Clubs players (in blue/dark blue and white, blue and red) while in action during the second semifinals of the Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) First Division championship trophy at the Hage Geingob Stadium. Oranjemund won the match 26-19 to qualify for the final against Vipers. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 12 September 2026 - Vipers and Keetmanshoop Rams Rugby Clubs players (in blue/dark blue and white, blue and red) while in action during the second semifinals of the Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) First Division championship trophy at the Hage Geingob Stadium. Oranjemund won the match 26-19 to qualify for the final against Vipers. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 12 September 2026 - Vipers and Keetmanshoop Rams Rugby Clubs players (in blue/dark blue and white, blue and red) while in action during the second semifinals of the Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) First Division championship trophy at the Hage Geingob Stadium. Oranjemund won the match 26-19 to qualify for the final against Vipers. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 12 September 2026 - Oceans and Oranjemund Rugby Clubs players (in blue/black and orange and red) while in action during the second semifinals of the Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) First Division championship trophy at the Hage Geingob Stadium. Oranjemund won the match 26-19 to qualify for the final against Vipers. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 12 September 2026 - Oceans Rugby Clubs players while in action during the second semifinals of the Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) First Division championship trophy at the Hage Geingob Stadium. Oranjemund won the match 26-19 to qualify for the final against Vipers. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

(260916) -- NANNING, Sept. 16, 2026 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 4, 2026 shows a view of the China-Malaysia Qinzhou Industrial Park in Qinzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)

(260916) -- NANNING, Sept. 16, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A drone photo taken on June 8, 2026 shows a view of the dedicated wildlife corridor bridge of the Pinglu Canal in Jiuzhou Town, Lingshan County of Qinzhou City in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Zhou Hua)

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on September 16, 2026 shows Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's State Premier and the Social Democratic Party's (SPD) top candidate for the upcoming regional elections in the northern German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Manuela Schwesig (R) speaking during a debate at the Bundestag (lower house of parliament) in Berlin on March 13, 2025, and Leif-Erik Holm, German MP of the far-right Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD) party and AfD candidate for State Premier in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, speaking during a session of the Bundestag (lower house of parliament) on March 13, 2020 in Berlin.. Germany's anti-immigration AfD is eyeing another election triumph on September 20, 2026 in the northeastern coastal state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, where the popular premier Manuela Schwesig is campaigning on the promise she can hold back a rising far-right tide. Schwesig of the centre-left SPD -- a cancer survivor with high personal approval ratings and a large social media following -- is fighting a battle watched closely across Germany. The AfD's candidate for State Premier Leif-Erik Holm, 56, is not known for the radical edge or charisma of some other AfD figures but has every chance of cruising to victory on the party's current momentum. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN and Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)

Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims as he leaves after his weekly general audience at The Vatican on September 16, 2026. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)

Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims as he leaves after his weekly general audience at The Vatican on September 16, 2026. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)

Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims as he leaves after his weekly general audience at The Vatican on September 16, 2026. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)

ICC Senior Trial Lawyer Julian Nicholls looks on during a preliminary hearing of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague on September 16, 2026, during a preparatory session as he faces charges over his “war on drugs,” which killed thousands. The 81-year-old had appeared by video link when he was first brought to the court in The Hague, but had since skipped hearings, with his defence team claiming he was too ill. (Photo by Piroschka VAN DE WOUW / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT

Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims as he leaves after his weekly general audience at The Vatican on September 16, 2026. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)