SWAKOPMUND, 19 June 2026 - Youth delegates gathered at the multipurpose centre in Swakopmund in January 2026 for the third National Youth Council of Namibia general assembly. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 23 October 2026 - President Netumbo Nandi-Netumbo officially inaugurates the Swakopmund International Expo at Swakopmund. (Photo contributed)

NKURENKURU, 23 October 2026 - Kavango West Governor Verna Sinimbo met with stakeholders in Nkurenkuru on Thursday to discuss the current status and future of the region’s cattle market. (Photo: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 22 October 2026 – Finance Minister Ericah Shafudah tabled the Mid-Year Budget Review for the 2026/27 financial year in the National Assembly on Thursday. (Photo: Contributed)

WINDHOEK, 22 October 2026 – Finance Minister Ericah Shafudah tabled the Mid-Year Budget Review for the 2026/27 financial year in the National Assembly on Thursday. (Photo: Contributed)

WINDHOEK, 22 October 2026 - Cuba's Ambassador to Namibia, Sergio Vigoa de la Uz. (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 22 October 2026 - The Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry has organised the Swakopmund International Trade Expo (SWAiTEX) returned to Swakopmund on Thursday after a two-year hiatus, aiming to bring together businesses, entrepreneurs, investors and policymakers to explore trade, investment and industrial development opportunities. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

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People seek cover from a reported drone strike while they were queueing to receive meals from a charity kitchen in the Jabalia camp for Palestinian refugees in the northern Gaza Strip on October 24, 2026. The World Food Programme said on October 19 it would end monthly assistance to 500,000 people in Gaza due to a funding shortfall, despite acute needs in the war-battered Palestinian territory. With the cutbacks, 1.1 million Palestinians in Gaza -- still about half the population -- will be receiving either food or cash assistance each month from the UN agency, in reduced amounts. (Photo by Bashar Taleb / AFP)

Lyon's French scrum-half Charlie Cassang holds the ball uring the French Top14 rugby union match between Aviron Bayonnais (Bayonne) and LOU Rugby (Lyon) at the Jean-Dauger stadium in Bayonne, south-western France on October 24, 2026. (Photo by Gaizka IROZ / AFP)

Bayonne's French number eight Esteban Capilla is tackled by Lyon's Fijian winger Jiuta Wainiqolo during the French Top14 rugby union match between Aviron Bayonnais (Bayonne) and LOU Rugby (Lyon) at the Jean-Dauger stadium in Bayonne, south-western France on October 24, 2026. (Photo by Gaizka IROZ / AFP)

England's Ben Maher competes during the Longines Global Champions Tour 2026 at the Giza pyramids, west of Cairo on October 24, 2026. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)

Bayonne's French fly-half Joris Segonds kicks the ball during the French Top14 rugby union match between Aviron Bayonnais (Bayonne) and LOU Rugby (Lyon) at the Jean-Dauger stadium in Bayonne, south-western France on October 24, 2026. (Photo by Gaizka IROZ / AFP)

Lyon's Fijian winger Jiuta Wainiqolo (R) and French head-coach Karim Ghezal celebrate after their victory in the French Top14 rugby union match between Aviron Bayonnais (Bayonne) and LOU Rugby (Lyon) at the Jean-Dauger stadium in Bayonne, south-western France on October 24, 2026. (Photo by Gaizka IROZ / AFP)

England's Ben Maher competes during the Longines Global Champions Tour 2026 at the Giza pyramids, west of Cairo on October 24, 2026. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)

Dortmund's Norwegian defender #26 Julian Ryerson reacts during the German first division Bundesliga football match between BVB Borussia Dortmund and Eintracht Frankfurt in Dortmund, western Germany on October 24, 2026. (Photo by INA FASSBENDER / AFP) / DFL REGULATIONS PROHIBIT ANY USE OF PHOTOGRAPHS AS IMAGE SEQUENCES AND/OR QUASI-VIDEO