WINDHOEK, 29 April 2026 - Khomas Region Governor, Sam Nujoma; Governor of Zambezi, Dorothy Kabula; and Governor of Kavango West, Verna Sinimbo. (Photo by: Eba Kandovazu) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 29 April 2026 - Bank of Namibia Governor Ebson Uanguta speaking at the second bi-monthly Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) announcement for 2026. (Photo by: Chelva Wells) NAMPA

HOACHANAS, 28 April 2026 - Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security, Edward Wambo, addresses residents of Hoachanas and Stampriet on the importance of national documents. (Photo: Contributed)

NDAMA, 28 April 2026 - The first Community Information Centre was unveiled at Ndama on Tuesday. (Photo by: Sawi Hausiku) NAMPA

A worker of the Maritime International Cooperation and Awareness (MICA) center looks at screens at the MICA in Brest, western France on April 27, 2026. Attacks on oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, piracy off the coast of Somalia, drug trafficking: with their eyes fixed on screens crammed with maps, a dozen sailors at the MICA Centre monitor the world’s maritime hotspots in real time. Since the start of the war in the Middle East, triggered by Israeli-American strikes on Iran on February 28, 2026, this French centre of expertise in maritime security, attached to the French Navy, has been providing invaluable support to civilian vessels and crews stranded in the Persian Gulf. (Photo by Fred TANNEAU / AFP)

French Commandant Thomas Scalabre points towards the positions of ships on the Strait of Hormuz on a screen at the MICA center (Maritime Information and Cooperation and Awareness) in Brest, western France on April 27, 2026. Attacks on oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, piracy off the coast of Somalia, drug trafficking: with their eyes fixed on screens crammed with maps, a dozen sailors at the MICA Centre monitor the world’s maritime hotspots in real time. Since the start of the war in the Middle East, triggered by Israeli-American strikes on Iran on February 28, 2026, this French centre of expertise in maritime security, attached to the French Navy, has been providing invaluable support to civilian vessels and crews stranded in the Persian Gulf. (Photo by Fred TANNEAU / AFP)

French Commandant Thomas Scalabre points towards the positions of ships on the Strait of Hormuz on a screen at the MICA center (Maritime Information and Cooperation and Awareness) in Brest, western France on April 27, 2026. Attacks on oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, piracy off the coast of Somalia, drug trafficking: with their eyes fixed on screens crammed with maps, a dozen sailors at the MICA Centre monitor the world’s maritime hotspots in real time. Since the start of the war in the Middle East, triggered by Israeli-American strikes on Iran on February 28, 2026, this French centre of expertise in maritime security, attached to the French Navy, has been providing invaluable support to civilian vessels and crews stranded in the Persian Gulf. (Photo by Fred TANNEAU / AFP)

This photograph shows brushes in a pot during a workshop in a "Cafe ceramique" in Strasbourg, eastern France on April 21, 2026. People come here to switch off from everyday life and their screens, painting a vase or a plate whilst sipping a latte macchiato: riding the wave of the ‘handmade’ trend, ‘ceramics cafes’ are popping up all over France. (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP)