SWAKOPMUND, 19 June 2026 - Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts and Culture Sanet Steenkamp addressing youth delegates gathered at the multipurpose centre in Swakopmund for the third National Youth Council of Namibia general assembly which will take place over the weekend and is anticipated to end in an election for the council’s new leadership. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

ACCRA, 18 June 2026 - President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah speaking at the high-level consultative conference in Accra, Ghana, on the United Nations Resolution on the Transatlantic Slave Trade on Thursday. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

SWAKOPMUND, 18 June 2026 - Erongo Governor Natalia /Goagoses. (Photo contributed) NAMPA

OMATJETE, 16 June 2026 - Erongo Governor Natalia /Goagoses, during the launch of the Roads Authority’s mobile unit, Natis on Wheels. (Photo by: Chelva) NAMPA

OKAKARARA, 17 June 2026 - The Chief Executive Officer of Okakarara Town Council, Ernst Katjiku speaks on Wednesday evening about his exit from the council before end of this year. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

OKAKARARA, 17 June 2026 - The Chief Executive Officer of Okakarara Town Council, Ernst Katjiku speaks on Wednesday evening about his exit from the council before end of this year. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 18 June 2026 - Education officials, school principals, teachers, learners, community leaders and other stakeholders of education attending the Erongo Region Education conference to assess challenges facing the sector. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 17 June 2026 - Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare pictured with Ovaherero Chief Professor Mutjinde Katjiua during a recent meeting in Windhoek. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

Actor and former Reading Rainbow host LeVar Burton reads to school children at the Barack Obama Presidential Center in John Lewis Plaza on June 19, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. This is the first day the Barack Obama Presidential Center is open to the public. (Photo by Win McNamee / POOL / AFP)

Actor and former Reading Rainbow host LeVar Burton reads to school children at the Barack Obama Presidential Center in John Lewis Plaza on June 19, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. This is the first day the Barack Obama Presidential Center is open to the public. (Photo by Win McNamee / POOL / AFP)

Cargo ships are pictured off cost of the Khor Fakkan Container Terminal, the only natural deep-sea port in the region and one of the major container ports in Sharjah Emirate, along the Gulf of Oman on June 19, 2026. Mediators in the US-Iran conflict, including Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, are due to gather for talks in Egypt on June 21. A deal signed earlier in the week by US President Donald Trump and his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian, aims to end the conflict that began on February 28 with US-Israeli strikes on Iran. It also provides for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and the launch of a 60-day negotiation period on broader issues, including Tehran's nuclear programme. (Photo by AFP) /

Cargo ships are pictured off cost of the Khor Fakkan Container Terminal, the only natural deep-sea port in the region and one of the major container ports in Sharjah Emirate, along the Gulf of Oman on June 19, 2026. Mediators in the US-Iran conflict, including Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, are due to gather for talks in Egypt on June 21. A deal signed earlier in the week by US President Donald Trump and his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian, aims to end the conflict that began on February 28 with US-Israeli strikes on Iran. It also provides for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and the launch of a 60-day negotiation period on broader issues, including Tehran's nuclear programme. (Photo by AFP) /

Containers are stacked along a pier at the Khor Fakkan Container Terminal, the only natural deep-sea port in the region and one of the major container ports in Sharjah Emirate, along the Gulf of Oman on June 19, 2026. Mediators in the US-Iran conflict, including Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, are due to gather for talks in Egypt on June 21. A deal signed earlier in the week by US President Donald Trump and his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian, aims to end the conflict that began on February 28 with US-Israeli strikes on Iran. It also provides for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and the launch of a 60-day negotiation period on broader issues, including Tehran's nuclear programme. (Photo by AFP) /

Cargo ships are pictured off cost of the Khor Fakkan Container Terminal, the only natural deep-sea port in the region and one of the major container ports in Sharjah Emirate, along the Gulf of Oman on June 19, 2026. Mediators in the US-Iran conflict, including Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, are due to gather for talks in Egypt on June 21. A deal signed earlier in the week by US President Donald Trump and his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian, aims to end the conflict that began on February 28 with US-Israeli strikes on Iran. It also provides for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and the launch of a 60-day negotiation period on broader issues, including Tehran's nuclear programme. (Photo by AFP) /

(L to R) The Liberia-flagged container vessel MSC Tasman VI, the Singapore-flagged container vessel Wan Hai 353, and other ships are docked along a pier at the Khor Fakkan Container Terminal, the only natural deep-sea port in the region and one of the major container ports in Sharjah Emirate, along the Gulf of Oman on June 19, 2026. Mediators in the US-Iran conflict, including Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, are due to gather for talks in Egypt on June 21. A deal signed earlier in the week by US President Donald Trump and his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian, aims to end the conflict that began on February 28 with US-Israeli strikes on Iran. It also provides for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and the launch of a 60-day negotiation period on broader issues, including Tehran's nuclear programme. (Photo by AFP) /

The Cyprus-flagged container vessel MSC Aquarius VII is docked along a pier at the Khor Fakkan Container Terminal, the only natural deep-sea port in the region and one of the major container ports in Sharjah Emirate, along the Gulf of Oman on June 19, 2026. Mediators in the US-Iran conflict, including Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, are due to gather for talks in Egypt on June 21. A deal signed earlier in the week by US President Donald Trump and his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian, aims to end the conflict that began on February 28 with US-Israeli strikes on Iran. It also provides for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and the launch of a 60-day negotiation period on broader issues, including Tehran's nuclear programme. (Photo by AFP) /