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)

US Brandon Nakashima plays a forehand return to France's Luca Van Assche during their men's singles match on day 5 of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland-Garros Complex in Paris on May 28, 2026. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)

Place publique's centre-left party leader and France's MEP Raphael Glucksmann signs copies of his newly released book titled "Nous Avons Encore Envie" (We still want to) during a book-signing session at the Eyrolles publisher bookshop in Paris on May 28, 2026. (Photo by SIMON WOHLFAHRT / AFP)

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney (R) greets Danish author Nader Mousavizadeh at the Economic Club in New York on May 28, 2026. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney attends an event at the Economic Club in New York on May 28, 2026. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)

Place publique's centre-left party leader and France's MEP Raphael Glucksmann signs copies of his newly released book titled "Nous Avons Encore Envie" (We still want to) during a book-signing session at the Eyrolles publisher bookshop in Paris on May 28, 2026. (Photo by SIMON WOHLFAHRT / AFP)

Place publique's centre-left party leader and France's MEP Raphael Glucksmann signs copies of his newly released book titled "Nous Avons Encore Envie" (We still want to) during a book-signing session at the Eyrolles publisher bookshop in Paris on May 28, 2026. (Photo by SIMON WOHLFAHRT / AFP)

US Madison Keys plays a backhand return to Croatia's Antonia Ruzic during their women's singles match on day 5 of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland-Garros Complex in Paris on May 28, 2026. (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)

US Madison Keys reacts to a point against Croatia's Antonia Ruzic during their women's singles match on day 5 of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland-Garros Complex in Paris on May 28, 2026. (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)