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.

Colombia's President Gustavo Petro waves next to his daughters Sofia (L) and Antonella at a polling station during the presidential election runoff, in Bogota on June 21, 2026. Colombians head to the polls to pick a new president between a hard-right White House-backed lawyer and a leftist senator that will decide the fate of the country's stumbling peace process and strained ties with Washington. (Photo by Luis ACOSTA / AFP)

Netherlands' Prime Minister Rob Jetten greets people ahead of the unveiling of a national monument at the Lloydkade for Moluccans during the commemoration of the Moluccan community that arrived there 75 years ago, in Rotterdam on June 21, 2026. In 1946, the first Moluccan men came to the Netherlands for training with the Royal Netherlands Navy, after which they served in active service in Amsterdam, as well as in Indonesia and other parts of the Kingdom. (Photo by Robin Utrecht / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT

Netherlands' Prime Minister Rob Jetten greets people ahead of the unveiling of a national monument at the Lloydkade for Moluccans during the commemoration of the Moluccan community that arrived there 75 years ago, in Rotterdam on June 21, 2026. In 1946, the first Moluccan men came to the Netherlands for training with the Royal Netherlands Navy, after which they served in active service in Amsterdam, as well as in Indonesia and other parts of the Kingdom. (Photo by Robin Utrecht / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT

Colombia's President Gustavo Petro waves next to his daughters Sofia (L) and Antonella at a polling station during the presidential election runoff, in Bogota on June 21, 2026. Colombians head to the polls to pick a new president between a hard-right White House-backed lawyer and a leftist senator that will decide the fate of the country's stumbling peace process and strained ties with Washington. (Photo by Luis ACOSTA / AFP)

US Vice President JD Vance (L) speaks next to Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (C) and Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani prior to a quadrilateral meeting between the United States, Iran, Pakistan and Qatar at the Burgenstock luxury hotel complex overlooking Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, on June 21, 2026, as part of high-level talks aimed at advancing a deal to end the Middle East conflict. A new round of negotiations over the Middle East war was set to kick off on June 21, 2026 with Iranian negotiators arriving in the Swiss host city hours ahead of US Vice President JD Vance, even as Tehran said it was closing the Strait of Hormuz again over Israeli attacks in Lebanon. (Photo by Fabrice Coffrini / POOL / AFP)

Colombia's President Gustavo Petro shows a Taw (last letter of the Aramaic alphabet) as he speaks next to his daughters Sofia (L) and Antonella at a polling station during the presidential election runoff, in Bogota on June 21, 2026. Colombians head to the polls to pick a new president between a hard-right White House-backed lawyer and a leftist senator that will decide the fate of the country's stumbling peace process and strained ties with Washington. (Photo by Luis ACOSTA / AFP)

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (R) holds a soft toy mule as he stands next to the President of the Bundestag (lower house of parliament) Julia Kloeckner (2nd R) and speaks with representatives of the mountain rangers of the German armed forces (Bundeswehr) during an event to mark the National Veterans' Day on June 21, 2026 in Berlin. The achievements of serving and former soldiers of the German armed forces (Bundeswehr) is honoured through events held across the country and a central celebration in Berlin. (Photo by RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP)

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz attends an event to mark the National Veterans' Day on June 21, 2026 in Berlin. The achievements of serving and former soldiers of the German armed forces (Bundeswehr) is honoured through events held across the country and a central celebration in Berlin. (Photo by RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP)