WINDHOEK, 26 August 2026 – President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah addressing the crowd during the Heroes Day commemoration in Windhoek on Wednesday. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 26 August 2026 – Namibian leaders (from left): Vice President Lucia Witbooi, President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, First Gentleman retired Army General Epapharas Ndenga Ndaitwah, and Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare, pictured during the Heroes Day commemoration in Windhoek on Wednesday. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 26 August 2026 - President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has granted national hero status to 16-year-old Cornelius Tulotokela Shimwaafeni, making him the youngest recipient in history. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

ONGWEDIVA, 26 August 2026 - The Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority (NAMFISA) mobile office at the 25th edition of the Ongwediva Annual Trade Fair. (Photo: Ali Negumbo) NAMPA

WINDHOEK 26 August 2026 - Bank Windhoek Managing Director, James Chapman. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

OSHIKUNDE, 17 August 2026 - Former war veterans who were injured in the armed liberation struggle, Anna Thomas and her husband, Julius Petrus, at their home in Omutwewomunhu village, Oshikunde Constituency. (Photo: Eba Kandovazu) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 25 August 2026 - Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) Manager for Licensing, Standards and Regulatory Compliance, Sheleen Kavikairiua. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

ONDANGWA, 25 August 2026 - Emilia Nghikembua, Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia's (CRAN) Chief Executive Officer (L); Silvester Wayiti, NORED’s Chief Executive Officer (R) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to advance infrastructure developmet. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

(260827) -- LIAOCHENG, Aug. 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 26, 2026 shows the Xinfa modern agricultural industrial park in Chiping District of Liaocheng City, east China's Shandong Province. Leveraging the smart farming expertise and facilities, the park focuses on the cultivation of strawberries, cherries, rabbits, and perch, boosting local high-quality agricultural development and rural revitalization. (Photo by Ma Hongkun/Xinhua)

(260827) -- LIAOCHENG, Aug. 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A staff member tends strawberries at a greenhouse in the Xinfa modern agricultural industrial park in Chiping District of Liaocheng City, east China's Shandong Province, Aug. 26, 2026. Leveraging the smart farming expertise and facilities, the park focuses on the cultivation of strawberries, cherries, rabbits, and perch, boosting local high-quality agricultural development and rural revitalization. (Xinhua/Dai Mingxuan)

(260827) -- LIAOCHENG, Aug. 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Staff members tend cherries at a greenhouse in the Xinfa modern agricultural industrial park in Chiping District of Liaocheng City, east China's Shandong Province, Aug. 26, 2026. Leveraging the smart farming expertise and facilities, the park focuses on the cultivation of strawberries, cherries, rabbits, and perch, boosting local high-quality agricultural development and rural revitalization. (Xinhua/Dai Mingxuan)

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa (R) and his wife Latifa al-Droubi arrive during the inauguration ceremony of the 63rd edition of the Damascus International Fair, in the capital Damascus on August 26, 2026. (Photo by Bakr ALkasem / AFP)

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa speaks during the inauguration ceremony of the 63rd edition of the Damascus International Fair, in the capital Damascus on August 26, 2026. (Photo by Bakr ALkasem / AFP)

Rescuers use an excavator to transport victims and survivors along the streets submerged by mud following flash floods and a landslide disaster in Devghat in Nepal's Nuwakot district on August 26, 2026. A massive flood and landslide disaster on the Nepal-Tibet border killed at least 103 people on August 26, 2026 and left several hundred missing, many of them foreign tourists. Aid workers said entire settlements had been "wiped out". Some 403 tourists -- 341 of them foreigners -- were unaccounted for several hours after the disaster struck, according to the tourism ministry. (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP)

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa speaks during the inauguration ceremony of the 63rd edition of the Damascus International Fair, in the capital Damascus on August 26, 2026. (Photo by Bakr ALkasem / AFP)

An aerial view shows houses lying deluged in sludge after flash floods at Devighat, Bidur Municipality, along the confluence of the Trishuli and Tadi rivers in Nepal's Nuwakot district on August 27, 2026. Nepal's disaster agency said that 823 people remained out of contact on August 27, more than 24 hours after a deadly flood tore through the border region with Tibet. (Photo by Prabin RANABHAT / AFP)