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.

(FILES) A protester holds a flag of left wing party La France Insoumise (LFI) as they take part in a rally against the political and cultural policies of Rassemblement National's mayor Nicolas Meizonnet, who cancelled the city's jazz festival, in Vauvert, southern France, on May 20, 2026. The Paris Administrative Court on Friday suspended the police prefect's decision to ban a concert by the La France Insoumise (LFI) party scheduled to take place at Place de la République during the Fête de la Musique Festival. (Photo by Sylvain THOMAS / AFP)

(COMBO) This combination of file photos created on June 19, 2026 shows Cape Verde's forward #20 Ryan Mendes in Abidjan on January 29, 2024 (L); and Uruguay's midfielder #15 Federico Valverde in Salvador on November 19, 2024. Uruguay and Cape Verde will meet in 2026 World Cup Group H football match at the Miami Stadium in Miami Gardens on June 21, 2026. (Photo by Franck FIFE and Arisson MARINHO / AFP)

(COMBO) This combination of file photos created on June 19, 2026, shows New Zealand's forward Chris Wood in Ar-Rayyan on June 14, 2022 (L); and Egypt's forward #10 Mohamed Salah in Cairo on September 6, 2024. New Zealand and Egypt will meet in a 2026 World Cup Group G football match at the BC Place Vancouver Stadium in Vancouver on June 21, 2026. (Photo by Karim JAAFAR and Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)

Russia's Daniil Medvedev returns the ball to Germany's Daniel Altmaier during their men's singles quarter-final match of the Halle Open ATP tennis tournament in Halle, western Germany, on June 19, 2026. (Photo by CARMEN JASPERSEN / AFP)

Former US President Barack Obama embraces school children after reading to them at the Barack Obama Presidential Center in John Lewis Plaza on June 19, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. This is the first day the Barack Obama Presidential Center is open to the public. (Photo by Win McNamee / POOL / AFP)

UAE Team Emirates-XRG's Ecuadorian rider Jhonatan Narvaez sprints to win in the third stage, 157,4 km from Bad Ragaz to Bad Ragaz, of the Men’s Tour of Switzerland (Tour de Suisse) cycling race in Bad Ragaz on June 19, 2026. (Photo by HAROLD CUNNINGHAM / AFP)

UAE Team Emirates-XRG's Ecuadorian rider Jhonatan Narvaez celebrates crossing the finish line to win in the third stage, 157,4 km from Bad Ragaz to Bad Ragaz, of the Men’s Tour of Switzerland (Tour de Suisse) cycling race in Bad Ragaz on June 19, 2026. (Photo by HAROLD CUNNINGHAM / AFP)

UAE Team Emirates-XRG's Ecuadorian rider Jhonatan Narvaez celebrates crossing the finish line to win in the third stage, 157,4 km from Bad Ragaz to Bad Ragaz, of the Men’s Tour of Switzerland (Tour de Suisse) cycling race in Bad Ragaz on June 19, 2026. (Photo by HAROLD CUNNINGHAM / AFP)