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

Workers repair telecommunication cables under the sun, protected by umbrellas, at a work site in central Rome on July 8, 2026, as parts of Europe experience another heatwave. (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP)

Workers repair telecommunication cables under the sun, protected by umbrellas, at a work site in central Rome on July 8, 2026, as parts of Europe experience another heatwave. (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP)

Workers resurface the asphalt of a street under the sun at a construction site in central Rome on July 8, 2026, as parts of Europe experience another heatwave. (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP)

State fire service personnel clear uprooted trees from a vehicle parking area following heavy rainfall at the Lal Darwaja marketplace in Ahmedabad on July 8, 2026. (Photo by Shammi MEHRA / AFP)

A passer-by looks at parked vehicles damaged by uprooted trees following heavy rainfall at the Lal Darwaja marketplace in Ahmedabad on July 8, 2026. (Photo by Shammi MEHRA / AFP)

State fire service personnel clear uprooted trees from a vehicle parking area following heavy rainfall at the Lal Darwaja marketplace in Ahmedabad on July 8, 2026. (Photo by Shammi MEHRA / AFP)

Officials look at an artifact from the city of Raqqa in northern Syria, dating back to the 9th century AD, during the process of the opening the crates of artifacts recovered from France at the National Museum in Damascus on July 8, 2026. The 23 objects returned to the National Museum of Damascus, span a period from prehistory through to the Abbasid era and include artefacts covering the Mesopotamian, Canaanite, Nabataean, Palmyrene, Roman, Byzantine and Umayyad civilisations, according to a statement from the Elysee Palace. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)

Officials look at a Palmyrene funerary scene dating back to the 2nd–3rd century AD, during the process of the opening the crates of artifacts recovered from France at the National Museum in Damascus on July 8, 2026. The 23 objects returned to the National Museum of Damascus, span a period from prehistory through to the Abbasid era and include artefacts covering the Mesopotamian, Canaanite, Nabataean, Palmyrene, Roman, Byzantine and Umayyad civilisations, according to a statement from the Elysee Palace. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)