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.

French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party's President, member of the European Parliament and president of the Patriots for Europe (PfE) group Jordan Bardella attends a joint press conference with the leader of the main opposition right wing Law and Justice (PiS) party at the party's headquarters in Warsaw on June 19, 2026. Jordan Bardella is on a two day visit to poland meeting with leaders of Poland’s far right and touring the eastern border, marking the latest stop on his overseas tour aimed at strengthening his European alliances just a few months before the French presidential election. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP)

French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party's President, member of the European Parliament and president of the Patriots for Europe (PfE) group Jordan Bardella (R) attends a joint press conference with the leader of the main opposition right wing Law and Justice (PiS) party at the party's headquarters in Warsaw on June 19, 2026. Jordan Bardella is on a two day visit to poland meeting with leaders of Poland’s far right and touring the eastern border, marking the latest stop on his overseas tour aimed at strengthening his European alliances just a few months before the French presidential election. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP)

Turkey's Tugba Danismaz competes in the women's triple jump final during the IAAF Diamond League competition at Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha on June 19, 2026. (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR / AFP)

Senegal's Saly Sarr competes in the women's triple jump final during the IAAF Diamond League competition at Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha on June 19, 2026. (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR / AFP)

Racegoers pose for a picture on the fourth day of the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting in Ascot, west of London, on June 19, 2026. (Photo by Henry Nicholls / AFP)

Cuba's Leyanis Perez Hernandez competes in the women's triple jump final during the IAAF Diamond League competition at Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha on June 19, 2026. (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR / AFP)

A racegoer uses a handheld fan on the fourth day of the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting in Ascot, west of London, on June 19, 2026. (Photo by Henry Nicholls / AFP)

Racegoers relax on the fourth day of the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting in Ascot, west of London, on June 19, 2026. (Photo by Henry Nicholls / AFP)