Walvis Bay, 07 August 2026 - Traffic on the Independence Road in along Kuisebmund in Walvis Bay. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 07 August 2026 - (l-f) Works and Transport Minister Veikko Nekundi, Erongo Governor Natalia /Goagoses, Erongo Regional Council Chairperson Lazarus Kanelombe, Walvis Bay Rural Constituency Councillor Ruben Shikongo and Walvis Bay Chief Executive Officer Victoria Kapenda among others photographed at the handover of the N$132 million project for the rehabilitation of six dilapidated roads covering approximately eight kilometres in Walvis Bay. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 22 June 2026 - Plans for Namibia Air are advancing following a significant regulatory breakthrough on Thursday, as the Transport Commission granted Air Operating Licenses to the Ministry of Works and Transport. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 06 August 2026 - Namibia University of Science and Technology Council Chairperson Leake Hangala. (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 06 August 2026 - Finance Minister Ericah Shafudah. (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 06 August 2026 - Finance Minister Ericah Shafudah. (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 06 August 2026 – President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah addresses an engagement with chief executive officers and chairpersons of Namibia's 78 State-owned enterprises, organised by the Public Enterprises CEOs' Forum. (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

OPUWO, 06 August 2026 - Some of the 24 completed Mass Housing Development Programme houses handed over to beneficiaries in Opuwo, Kunene Region, on Thursday. (Photo: Kaviveterue Virere) NAMPA

08 August 2026, Saxony, Plauen: Participants in a "Project M1llion" demonstration gather at Albertplatz. Organisers expect up to 10,000 people to attend. The "Project M1llion" initiative calls, among other things, for the resignation of the current federal government and direct democracy based on the Swiss system. Photo: Sebastian Willnow/dpa

08 August 2026, Saxony, Plauen: Participants in a "Project M1llion" demonstration gather at Albertplatz. Organisers expect up to 10,000 people to attend. The "Project M1llion" initiative calls, among other things, for the resignation of the current federal government and direct democracy based on the Swiss system. Photo: Sebastian Willnow/dpa

(260808) -- WENCHANG, Aug. 8, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A foreign researcher learns pest control measures in Wenchang, south China's Hainan Province, on Aug. 5, 2026. Date palms at plantations operated by the Coconut Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS) have recently entered their fruiting stage. In Wenchang, south China's Hainan Province, eight date palm varieties that first bore fruit in 2025 have produced fruit again this year. The date palm, known as the "bread of the desert," is an important economic crop native to the Middle East and North Africa. Its fruit is rich in nutrients. In 2019, China and the United Arab Emirates reached consensus on developing China's date palm industry and exploring cooperation. From 2021 to 2024, the UAE donated a total of 25,000 date palm seedlings to China in two batches. CATAS received the seedlings and started nurturing them in Hainan. As date cultivation and research progress, Chinese research teams continue to make breakthroughs in seedling breeding, pest and disease control, post-harvest preservation and deep processing. Date palms have since been planted on a trial basis in 18 cities and counties across Hainan, Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou and Guangxi. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

(260808) -- WENCHANG, Aug. 8, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A researcher collects data of date palm fruits in Wenchang, south China's Hainan Province, on Aug. 5, 2026. Date palms at plantations operated by the Coconut Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS) have recently entered their fruiting stage. In Wenchang, south China's Hainan Province, eight date palm varieties that first bore fruit in 2025 have produced fruit again this year. The date palm, known as the "bread of the desert," is an important economic crop native to the Middle East and North Africa. Its fruit is rich in nutrients. In 2019, China and the United Arab Emirates reached consensus on developing China's date palm industry and exploring cooperation. From 2021 to 2024, the UAE donated a total of 25,000 date palm seedlings to China in two batches. CATAS received the seedlings and started nurturing them in Hainan. As date cultivation and research progress, Chinese research teams continue to make breakthroughs in seedling breeding, pest and disease control, post-harvest preservation and deep processing. Date palms have since been planted on a trial basis in 18 cities and counties across Hainan, Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou and Guangxi. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

(260808) -- WENCHANG, Aug. 8, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 6, 2026 shows red palm weevils caught in a trap in Wenchang, south China's Hainan Province. Date palms at plantations operated by the Coconut Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS) have recently entered their fruiting stage. In Wenchang, south China's Hainan Province, eight date palm varieties that first bore fruit in 2025 have produced fruit again this year. The date palm, known as the "bread of the desert," is an important economic crop native to the Middle East and North Africa. Its fruit is rich in nutrients. In 2019, China and the United Arab Emirates reached consensus on developing China's date palm industry and exploring cooperation. From 2021 to 2024, the UAE donated a total of 25,000 date palm seedlings to China in two batches. CATAS received the seedlings and started nurturing them in Hainan. As date cultivation and research progress, Chinese research teams continue to make breakthroughs in seedling breeding, pest and disease control, post-harvest preservation and deep processing. Date palms have since been planted on a trial basis in 18 cities and counties across Hainan, Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou and Guangxi. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

(260808) -- WENCHANG, Aug. 8, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Researchers collect data of date palm trees in Wenchang, south China's Hainan Province, on Aug. 5, 2026. Date palms at plantations operated by the Coconut Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS) have recently entered their fruiting stage. In Wenchang, south China's Hainan Province, eight date palm varieties that first bore fruit in 2025 have produced fruit again this year. The date palm, known as the "bread of the desert," is an important economic crop native to the Middle East and North Africa. Its fruit is rich in nutrients. In 2019, China and the United Arab Emirates reached consensus on developing China's date palm industry and exploring cooperation. From 2021 to 2024, the UAE donated a total of 25,000 date palm seedlings to China in two batches. CATAS received the seedlings and started nurturing them in Hainan. As date cultivation and research progress, Chinese research teams continue to make breakthroughs in seedling breeding, pest and disease control, post-harvest preservation and deep processing. Date palms have since been planted on a trial basis in 18 cities and counties across Hainan, Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou and Guangxi. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

(260808) -- WENCHANG, Aug. 8, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Researchers conduct analysis on soil samples at a laboratory in Wenchang, south China's Hainan Province, on Aug. 4, 2026. Date palms at plantations operated by the Coconut Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS) have recently entered their fruiting stage. In Wenchang, south China's Hainan Province, eight date palm varieties that first bore fruit in 2025 have produced fruit again this year. The date palm, known as the "bread of the desert," is an important economic crop native to the Middle East and North Africa. Its fruit is rich in nutrients. In 2019, China and the United Arab Emirates reached consensus on developing China's date palm industry and exploring cooperation. From 2021 to 2024, the UAE donated a total of 25,000 date palm seedlings to China in two batches. CATAS received the seedlings and started nurturing them in Hainan. As date cultivation and research progress, Chinese research teams continue to make breakthroughs in seedling breeding, pest and disease control, post-harvest preservation and deep processing. Date palms have since been planted on a trial basis in 18 cities and counties across Hainan, Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou and Guangxi. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

(260808) -- WENCHANG, Aug. 8, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A researcher checks a trap for red palm weevils in Wenchang, south China's Hainan Province, on Aug. 6, 2026. Date palms at plantations operated by the Coconut Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS) have recently entered their fruiting stage. In Wenchang, south China's Hainan Province, eight date palm varieties that first bore fruit in 2025 have produced fruit again this year. The date palm, known as the "bread of the desert," is an important economic crop native to the Middle East and North Africa. Its fruit is rich in nutrients. In 2019, China and the United Arab Emirates reached consensus on developing China's date palm industry and exploring cooperation. From 2021 to 2024, the UAE donated a total of 25,000 date palm seedlings to China in two batches. CATAS received the seedlings and started nurturing them in Hainan. As date cultivation and research progress, Chinese research teams continue to make breakthroughs in seedling breeding, pest and disease control, post-harvest preservation and deep processing. Date palms have since been planted on a trial basis in 18 cities and counties across Hainan, Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou and Guangxi. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)