WINDHOEK, 19 October 2026 - Veteran diplomat Tuliameni Kalomoh expresses deep grief over the passing of former First Lady Penexupifo Pohamba. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 18 October 2026 — Former Cabinet Minister Ben Amathila, along with other politicians, diplomats, and family friends, joined former President Hifikepunye Pohamba on Sunday to pay tribute following the passing of his wife, former First Lady Penexupifo Pohamba, who died in Windhoek on Saturday. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 18 October 2026 — A candle-lighting vigil was carried out today by politicians and diplomats in mourning of former First Lady Penexupifo Pohamba, who passed away in Windhoek on Saturday. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

WALVIS BAY, 15 October 2026 - The Municipality of Walvis Bay has installed 113 off-grid solar-powered streetlights at Farm 37 Portion 10 at a cost of N$6.1 million. (Photo contributed)

WINDHOEK, 16 OCT (NAMPA) – Minister of International Relations and Trade Selma Ashipala-Musavyi, pictured with the Russian Ambassador, along with the Congo ambassador, Lauria Nguele Makoulet, while touring exhibitors’ stalls at the inaugural Diplomatic Corps Fair in Windhoek on Friday. (Photo by Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 16 OCT (NAMPA) – Pictured seated, from left, are Dean and Ambassador of the Republic of Congo, Lauria Nguele Makoulet; Minister of International Relations and Trade, Selma Ashipala-Musavyi; and Acting Executive Director in the Ministry, Julia Imene Chanduru, at the inaugural Diplomatic Corps Fair underway in Windhoek, attended by regional governors and community members. (Photo by Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 16 October 2026 – President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah pictured with the beneficiaries of the prefabricated houses that she sponsored, from left Johana Kambwela from Kilimanjaro, and Menesia Ngunovandu (right), from 8ste Laan (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 16 October 2026 - The Roads Authority (RA) says no road project has been abandoned and outstanding sections of ongoing projects will continue, subject to annual funding availability. RA chief executive officer Mbahupu Hippy Tjivikua issued the notice on Friday after road users, regional councils and communities raised concerns about the pace of road construction. (Photo contributed) NAMPA

Leicester's English wing Ollie Hassell-Collins (L) fights for the ball with Pau's French centre Fabien Brau-Boirie during the Pool Round 1 European Rugby Champions Cup rugby union match between Section Paloise and Leicester Tigers at Stade du Hameau in Pau, south-western France on October 18, 2026. (Photo by Gaizka IROZ / AFP)

A demonstrator holds an International Brigade flag at a Berlin memorial for German members of the International Brigades who fought for Republican Spain during the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), during a commemoration on the 90th anniversary of the start of the war, and the formation of the International Brigades, on October 18, 2026. Some 4,000 to 5,000 German volunteers, many of them anti-fascist exiles, communists, and working-class veterans of the Weimar Republic, fought in Spain. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)

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Visitors rest outside a coffee house in Kyiv, near a working power generator during an outage on October 18, 2026, caused by attacks on energy facilities in the country, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

Toulouse's Argentine centre Santiago Chocobares holds the ball during the Pool 2 Round 1 European Champions Cup rugby union match between Stade Toulousian (Toulouse) (FRA) and Exeter Chiefs (ENG) at Stadium de Toulouse in Toulouse, south-western France on October 18, 2026. (Photo by Valentine CHAPUIS / AFP)

A demonstrator holds an International Brigade flag at a Berlin memorial for German members of the International Brigades who fought for Republican Spain during the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), during a commemoration on the 90th anniversary of the start of the war, and the formation of the International Brigades, on October 18, 2026. Some 4,000 to 5,000 German volunteers, many of them anti-fascist exiles, communists, and working-class veterans of the Weimar Republic, fought in Spain. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)

Employees of a Japanese restaurant in Kyiv start power generators during an outage on October 18, 2026, caused by attacks on energy facilities in the country, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

This photograph shows the autumn foliage of trees reflected in a pond at the Radziwill Palace Park in Nieborow in Lodz Voivodeship, 80 km west of Warsaw, Poland, on October 18, 2026. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP)