ONDONGA, 28 May 2026- Ondonga King Fillemon Shuumbwa Nangolo addressing the Genocide Remembrance Day. (Photo: Max Henrich) NAMPA

ONDANGWA, 28 May 2026 - Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture Sanet Steenkamp addressing the Genocide Remembrance Day commemoration at Oluno Community Hall in the Oshana region.

OPUWO, 28 May 2026- Director-General of the National Planning Commission Dr Kaire Mbuende addressing the Genocide Remembrance Day commemoration at Opuwo in the Kunene Region. (Photo: Kaviveterue Virere) NAMPA

OPUWO, 28 May 2026- Director-General of the National Planning Commission Dr Kaire Mbuende, Kunene Governor Vipuakuje Muharukua, and Minister of Industries, Mines and Energy Modestus Amutse during the Genocide Remembrance Day in Opuwo, Kunene Region. (Photo: Kaviveterue Virere) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 28 May 2026 - Chiefs of the Zeraeua and !Oe-ǂGan Traditional Authorities Ombara Manase Christian Zeraeua and Gaob Immanuel ǂNu-axa ǃGâseb (l), Chairperson of the Genocide Committee in Erongo Uahimisa Kaapehi (m) and other political and traditional leaders kneel at the entrance of the Swakopmund Memorial Park to seek for permission from the ancestors before entering the cemetery, during the Ovaherero and Nama Genocide. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 28 May 2026 - Gaob Immanuel ǂNu-axa ǃGâseb of the !Oe-ǂGan Traditional Authority, Erongo Governor Natalia |Goagoses, Ombara Manase Christian Zeraeua of the Zeraeua Traditional Authority and Former Member of Parliament (MP) Usutuaije Maamberua paying their respects to the victims of the 1904-1908 Ovaherero and Nama Genocide at the Swakopmund Memorial Park, during the Genocide Remembrance Day. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 28 MAY 2026 - Chiefs of the Zeraeua and !Oe-ǂGan Traditional Authorities Ombara Manase Christian Zeraeua and Gaob Immanuel ǂNu-axa ǃGâseb laying a wreath on the Ovaherero and Nama Genocide Monument at the Swakopmund Memorial Park, in remembrance of the 1904-1908 Genocide. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

OPUWO, 28 May 2026 - Senior Council Uahuna Tjiposa of the Otjikaoko Traditional Authority speaking at the Genocide Remembrance Day commemoration held at Opuwo in the Kunene Region on Thursday. (Photo: Contributed)

Aryna Sabalenka reacts to a point against France's Elsa Jacquemot during their women's singles match on day 5 of the French Open tennis tournament on Court Philippe-Chatrier at the Roland-Garros Complex in Paris on May 28, 2026. (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD / AFP)

Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime plays a forehand return to Argentina's Roman Andres Burruchaga during their men's singles match on day 5 of the French Open tennis tournament on Court Simonne-Mathieu at the Roland-Garros Complex in Paris on May 28, 2026. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP)

Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime serves to Argentina's Roman Andres Burruchaga during their men's singles match on day 5 of the French Open tennis tournament on Court Simonne-Mathieu at the Roland-Garros Complex in Paris on May 28, 2026. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP)

A tourist stroll in front of Dior flagship store in Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II downtown Milan on May 28, 2026. (Photo by Stefano RELLANDINI / AFP)

Models walk during a shooting in Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II downtown Milan on May 28, 2026. (Photo by Stefano RELLANDINI / AFP)

Brazil's Italian head coach Carlo Ancelotti (L) greets forward Vinicius Jr during a training session at the Granja Comary training center in Teresopolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 28, 2026, ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026. (Photo by MAURO PIMENTEL / AFP)

Brazil's Italian head coach Carlo Ancelotti (L) greets defender Wesley during a training session at the Granja Comary training center in Teresopolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 28, 2026, ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026. (Photo by MAURO PIMENTEL / AFP)

Brazil's Italian head coach Carlo Ancelotti (2nd R) greets defender Danilo during a training session at the Granja Comary training center in Teresopolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 28, 2026, ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026. (Photo by MAURO PIMENTEL / AFP)