OSHAKATI, 21 March 2026 - Chairperson of the Uukwambi Traditional Authority, Herman Iipumbu, pictured during the 36th independence anniversary celebration in Oshakati. (Photo by: Ester Hakaala) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 21 March 2026 - Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs, Frans Kapofi, speaks at the Independence celebrations at the Sam Nujoma Stadium. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 21 March 2026 - Former Trade and Industry Minister and liberation struggle veteran Ben Amathila pictured at the 36th independence celebrations in Windhoek. (Photo by: Eba Kandovazu) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 21 March 2026 - Swapo Member of Parliament, Fenny Tutjavi, speaks at the independence celebrations at the Sam Nujoma Stadium in Windhoek. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

Rayo Vallecano's Spanish midfielder #23 Oscar Valentin fights for the ball with Barcelona's Spanish midfielder #16 Fermin Lopez during the Spanish league football match between FC Barcelona and Rayo Vallecano de Madrid at Camp Nou Stadium in Barcelona on March 22, 2026. (Photo by Josep LAGO / AFP)

The damaged Qasmiyeh bridge located on a main highway linking villages in the Tyre district with others further north, following an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon on March 22, 2026. Israel's military struck a key bridge in south Lebanon on Sunday, an AFP correspondent said, after Israel's defence minister said the army had been ordered to destroy more bridges over the Litani River. Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East war on March 2, when pro-Iran Hezbollah launched rockets towards Israel in response to US-Israeli strikes that killed Iranian supreme leader on February 28, 2026. (Photo by Kawnat HAJU / AFP) /

Slovenia’s Prime Minister Robert Golob casts his vote at a polling station during the Slovenian General Elections in Ljubljana, on March 22, 2026. Slovenians are voting in tight parliamentary elections, with the conservatives of veteran politician Janez Jansa, an admirer of US President Donald Trump, eyeing a comeback. A Jansa return could see the ex-Yugoslav nation, a European Union member of two million people, take an illiberal turn again after four years of centre-left rule under liberal Prime Minister Robert Golob. (Photo by Jure Makovec / AFP)

The damaged Qasmiyeh bridge located on a main highway linking villages in the Tyre district with others further north, following an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon on March 22, 2026. Israel's military struck a key bridge in south Lebanon on Sunday, an AFP correspondent said, after Israel's defence minister said the army had been ordered to destroy more bridges over the Litani River. Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East war on March 2, when pro-Iran Hezbollah launched rockets towards Israel in response to US-Israeli strikes that killed Iranian supreme leader on February 28, 2026. (Photo by Kawnat HAJU / AFP) /