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.

19 June 2026, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Ulm: Isabel Cademartori and Robin Mesarosch stand on stage at the Donauhalle during Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) Baden-Wuerttemberg state party convention after being elected as the new co-chairs. Photo: Bernd Weißbrod/dpa

A combine harvester discharge wheat to a tractor trailer in a field near Manastirea village, southern Romania, on June 19, 2026. Romanian farmers have been forced to start the annual grain harvest weeks earlier than usual due to an intense early-summer heatwave and prolonged drought conditions driven by climate change, threatening crop yields across the region. (Photo by Daniel MIHAILESCU / AFP)

Wheat is seen in a field near Manastirea village, southern Romania, on June 19, 2026. Romanian farmers have been forced to start the annual grain harvest weeks earlier than usual due to an intense early-summer heatwave and prolonged drought conditions driven by climate change, threatening crop yields across the region. (Photo by Daniel MIHAILESCU / AFP)

A combine harvester cuts wheat in a field near Manastirea village, southern Romania, on June 19, 2026. Romanian farmers have been forced to start the annual grain harvest weeks earlier than usual due to an intense early-summer heatwave and prolonged drought conditions driven by climate change, threatening crop yields across the region. (Photo by Daniel MIHAILESCU / AFP)

A combine harvester cuts wheat in a field near Manastirea village, southern Romania, on June 19, 2026. Romanian farmers have been forced to start the annual grain harvest weeks earlier than usual due to an intense early-summer heatwave and prolonged drought conditions driven by climate change, threatening crop yields across the region. (Photo by Daniel MIHAILESCU / AFP)

(FILES) Brazilian indigenous leader and environmentalist Chief Raoni gestures while taking part in a press conference during a protest boat trip in the sidelines of the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference in Belem, Para State, Brazil, on November 12, 2025. Brazilian Indigenous leader Raoni Metuktire, a prominent defender of the Amazon rainforest, was transferred on June 19, 2026, from a hospital in the Amazon region to another facility in Sao Paulo to receive specialized treatment, according to his doctors. (Photo by Pablo PORCIUNCULA / AFP)

Racing 92 coach and Frederic Michalak looks on prior to the French Top14 rugby union semi-final match between Stade Toulousain Rugby (Toulouse) and Racing 92 at the Velodrome stadium in Marseille, southern France on June 19, 2026. (Photo by Gabriel BOUYS / AFP)

France's Antoine Dupont warms up prior to the French Top14 rugby union semi-final match between Stade Toulousain Rugby (Toulouse) and Racing 92 at the Velodrome stadium in Marseille, southern France on June 19, 2026. (Photo by Thibaud MORITZ / AFP)