GOBABIS, 27 July 2026 - Omaheke Governor Pijoo Nganate pictured with Deputy Executive Director and Chief Registrar in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security during a courtesy visit by the Ministry as part of the eID awareness campaign in Omaheke. (Photo: Molly Weyulu) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 27 July 2026 – African Union delegates are attending a week-long indaba from Monday to Friday, the Sixth Ordinary Session of the AU Specialised Technical Committee on Social Development, Labour and Employment (STC-SDLE 6) in Windhoek. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 27 July 2026 – Namibia's Justice and Labour Relations Executive Director, Ben Nangombe, speaking at the Sixth Ordinary Session of the African Union Specialised Technical Committee on Social Development, Labour and Employment (STC-SDLE 6) in Windhoek on Monday. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 27 July 2026 - Delegates from the African Union, policy experts, and government ministers gathered in Windhoek on Monday for the Sixth Ordinary Session of the AU Specialised Technical Committee on Social Development, Labour, and Employment (STC-SDLE 6). (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

OPUWO, 27 July 2026 - The welcome sign at the entrance to Opuwo. (Photo: Kaviveterue Virere) NAMPA

OPUWO, 27 July 2026 - Opuwo Mayor Kasipo Kakondo discusses ongoing infrastructure projects in the town. (Photo: Kaviveterue Virere) NAMPA

GLASGOW, 26 July 2026 – Namibia’s lawn bowls team of Amanda Steenkamp and Diana Viljoen embrace after completing their final Section B match of the women’s pairs at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Centre. (Photo: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 26 July 2026 - The Ministry of International Relations and Trade on Saturday announced the appointment of Ambassador Mekondjo Kaapanda-Girnus as Deputy Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). (Photo: Contributed)

FILED - 25 April 2022, Hamburg: File Photo - A view of the logo of the pharmaceutical company Astrazeneca in Hamburg. Photo: Marcus Brandt/dpa

27 July 2026, Berlin: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (L), CDU Federal Chairman, Franziska Hoppermann (C), the new CDU Secretary General, and Health Minister-designate Carsten Linnemann (R) speak at a press conference at the CDU Federal Headquarters (Konrad-Adenauer-Haus). Photo: Christoph Soeder/dpa

27 July 2026, Bavaria, Bad Staffelstein: Alexander Hoffmann (L), chairman of the CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag, and Bavaria's Minister-President Markus Soeder (R) deliver a statement to the press at Banz Abbey. The media briefing marked the start of the CSU parliamentary group's summer retreat. Photo: Daniel Vogl/dpa

27 July 2026, Baden-Württemberg, Ditzingen: German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy Katherina Reiche (CDU) attends a press event at the machine manufacturer Trumpf. Photo: Marijan Murat/dpa

Vasyl Goncharuk, head of the Association of Manufacturers of Unmanned Systems and Related Technologies "Armada" and the main organiser of an event at the training ground targeted by Russian missile strikes on July 24, leaves the courtroom during a hearing in Kyiv on July 27, 2026, to determine a preventive measure against him. (Photo by Tetiana DZHAFAROVA / AFP)

Vasyl Goncharuk, head of the Association of Manufacturers of Unmanned Systems and Related Technologies "Armada" and the main organiser of an event at the training ground targeted by Russian missile strikes on July 24, enters the court room during a hearing in Kyiv on July 27, 2026, to determine a preventive measure against him. (Photo by Tetiana DZHAFAROVA / AFP)

Firefighters carry out mop-up operations, extinguishing remaining hot spots and smoldering patches, in a forest near Marcheprime, some 30 km from Bordeaux, on July 27, 2026, as a wildfire rages through the forest in Gironde, southwestern France. A massive wildfire in France's Gironde department, home to Bordeaux, remained "broadly stable overnight," the local authority said on July 27, 2026. "The situation remained broadly stable overnight, with no major developments. Security and emergency services remain fully mobilised and are continuing their operations on the ground," the local authority said in a statement. (Photo by Alain JOCARD / AFP)

German Chancellor and CDU chairman Friedrich Merz addresses a press conference on changes in the German government and within the CDU party, at the headquarters of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Berlin on July 27, 2026. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)