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

Workers from the ONPE (National Office of Electoral Processes) unload electoral material at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to then be sent to voters living abroad, in Lima on March 22, 2026. Peru will hold presidential elections on April 12, 2026. (Photo by ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP)

People queue to fill their water containers in Havana during a national blackout on March 22, 2026. Cuban authorities scrambled on March 22 to restore power to the island after the second nationwide blackout in less than a week, as the grid struggles due to an aging infrastructure and a US oil blockade. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP)

Members of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party react on March 22, 2026 at the regional parliament in Mainz, southwestern Germany, as first exit polls of Rhineland-Palatinate's state elections are being released. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative CDU party ousted the centre-left Social Democratic Party on Sunday in a closely watched state election in which the far right also made big gains, according to exit polls. The CDU took around 30 percent of the vote to win the western state of Rhineland-Palatinate away from the SPD after 35 years, while the far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD) looked set for a record score in western Germany, with around 20 percent, according to two public TV networks' exit polls. (Photo by DANIEL PETER / AFP)

German Transport Minister Patrick Schnieder (C), brother of the conservative CDU party's top candidate for state elections in Rhineland-Palatinate Gordon Schnieder (not in picture), gives an interview on March 22, 2026 at the regional parliament in Mainz, southwestern Germany, as first exit polls of Rhineland-Palatinate's state elections are being released. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative CDU party ousted the centre-left Social Democratic Party on Sunday in a closely watched state election in which the far right also made big gains, according to exit polls. The CDU took around 30 percent of the vote to win the western state of Rhineland-Palatinate away from the SPD after 35 years, while the far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD) looked set for a record score in western Germany, with around 20 percent, according to two public TV networks' exit polls. (Photo by DANIEL PETER / AFP)