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

French actress Frederique Bel poses during a photocall ahead of the premiere of the film 'The Odyssey' at the Grand Rex Cinema in Paris on July 8, 2026. (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)

French actress Frederique Bel poses during a photocall ahead of the premiere of the film 'The Odyssey' at the Grand Rex Cinema in Paris on July 8, 2026. (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)

A man camps near the ruins of a building as he waits for the recovery of corpses of relatives, in Caraballeda, La Guaira state, Venezuela, on July 8, 2026, after the June 24 earthquakes. Venezuela's government called on July 8, 2026 for the release of frozen assets to help raise funds for the country's recovery from last month's twin earthquakes that killed at least 3,600 people. (Photo by MARTIN BERNETTI / AFP)

(FILES) Undated and unlocated photo released by Noticias Argentinas of the ARA San Juan submarine, which wreckage was found on November 16, 2018, after being missing for a year. An Argentine court has handed down a three-year suspended prison sentence to former naval commander Claudio Villamide in connection with the sinking of the submarine “ARA San Juan” in 2017, in which all 44 crew members lost their lives, according to the judgement read out by the court on July 8, 2026. (Photo by NOTICIAS ARGENTINAS / AFP)

(FILES) A cenotaph bearing the names of the 44 members of the Argentine Navy who died during the sinking of the ARA San Juan submarine on November 15, 2017, is photographed in Rнo Gallegos, Santa Cruz province, Argentina on March 3, 2026, the day the trial of four former high-ranking Navy officers starts. An Argentine court has handed down a three-year suspended prison sentence to former naval commander Claudio Villamide in connection with the sinking of the submarine “ARA San Juan” in 2017, in which all 44 crew members lost their lives, according to the judgement read out by the court on July 8, 2026. (Photo by WALTER DIAZ / AFP)

(FILES) Former Navy commanders (L-R) Luis Enrique Lopez Mazzeo (Former Commander of Naval Training and Recruitment), Claudio Javier Villamide (Former Chief of the Submarine Force Command), Hector Alonso (Former Chief of Operations of the Submarine Force) and Hugo Miguel Correa (Former Head of Maintenance and Arsenals) attend their trial on the sinking of the ARA San Juan submarine on November 15, 2017 where 44 members of the Argentine Navy died, in Rio Gallegos, Santa Cruz, Argentina on March 3, 2026. An Argentine court has handed down a three-year suspended prison sentence to former naval commander Claudio Villamide in connection with the sinking of the submarine “ARA San Juan” in 2017, in which all 44 crew members lost their lives, according to the judgement read out by the court on July 8, 2026. (Photo by WALTER DIAZ / AFP)

Women wait under an umbrella for the recovery of the corpses of their relatives amid the rubble of a destroyed building in Caraballeda, La Guaira state, Venezuela, on July 8, 2026, after the June 24 earthquakes. Venezuela's government called on July 8, 2026 for the release of frozen assets to help raise funds for the country's recovery from last month's twin earthquakes that killed at least 3,600 people. (Photo by MARTIN BERNETTI / AFP)

People pose with a dog inside a shelter at the Escuela Bolivariana 10 de Marzo in Maiquetia, La Guaira state, Venezuela, on July 8, 2026, following earthquakes that struck the region. Venezuela's government called on July 8, 2026 for the release of frozen assets to help raise funds for the country's recovery from last month's twin earthquakes that killed at least 3,600 people. (Photo by Raul ARBOLEDA / AFP)