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.

Ana Candida Evora (C), the mother Cape Verde's goalkeeper Vozinha, exits a terminal upon arrival at Miami International Airport on June 19, 2026, during the 2026 World Cup football tournament. Vozinha's mother, who was unable to enter the United States over visa price issues, arrived to the country to attend the upcoming matches of Cape Verde. (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP)

Toulouse's English flanker Jack Willis is tackled during the French Top14 rugby union semi-final match between Stade Toulousain Rugby (Toulouse) and Racing 92 at the Velodrome stadium in Marseille, southern France on June 19, 2026. (Photo by Thibaud MORITZ / AFP)

Members of the Tartan Army make their way to South Station to board trains to Boston Stadium to watch the upcoming World Cup match between Scotland and Morocco in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 19, 2026. From drinking the bars dry to lustily serenading an iconic baseball stadium with a rendition of "Flower of Scotland", the bagpipe-playing, kilt-wearing hordes of the Tartan Army have captivated Boston since arriving at the World Cup. Scotland's famously good-natured travelling supporters had waited nearly 30 years for the chance to follow their team to a World Cup and the thousands who have made the journey to the tournament are merrily making up for lost time, to the delight of Bostonians. (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO / AFP)

Members of the Tartan Army make their way to South Station to board trains to Boston Stadium to watch the upcoming World Cup match between Scotland and Morocco in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 19, 2026. From drinking the bars dry to lustily serenading an iconic baseball stadium with a rendition of "Flower of Scotland", the bagpipe-playing, kilt-wearing hordes of the Tartan Army have captivated Boston since arriving at the World Cup. Scotland's famously good-natured travelling supporters had waited nearly 30 years for the chance to follow their team to a World Cup and the thousands who have made the journey to the tournament are merrily making up for lost time, to the delight of Bostonians. (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO / AFP)

Members of the Tartan Army make their way to South Station to board trains to Boston Stadium to watch the upcoming World Cup match between Scotland and Morocco in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 19, 2026. From drinking the bars dry to lustily serenading an iconic baseball stadium with a rendition of "Flower of Scotland", the bagpipe-playing, kilt-wearing hordes of the Tartan Army have captivated Boston since arriving at the World Cup. Scotland's famously good-natured travelling supporters had waited nearly 30 years for the chance to follow their team to a World Cup and the thousands who have made the journey to the tournament are merrily making up for lost time, to the delight of Bostonians. (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO / AFP)

Members of the Tartan Army make their way to South Station to board trains to Boston Stadium to watch the upcoming World Cup match between Scotland and Morocco in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 19, 2026. From drinking the bars dry to lustily serenading an iconic baseball stadium with a rendition of "Flower of Scotland", the bagpipe-playing, kilt-wearing hordes of the Tartan Army have captivated Boston since arriving at the World Cup. Scotland's famously good-natured travelling supporters had waited nearly 30 years for the chance to follow their team to a World Cup and the thousands who have made the journey to the tournament are merrily making up for lost time, to the delight of Bostonians. (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO / AFP)

Members of the Tartan Army make their way to South Station to board trains to Boston Stadium to watch the upcoming World Cup match between Scotland and Morocco in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 19, 2026. From drinking the bars dry to lustily serenading an iconic baseball stadium with a rendition of "Flower of Scotland", the bagpipe-playing, kilt-wearing hordes of the Tartan Army have captivated Boston since arriving at the World Cup. Scotland's famously good-natured travelling supporters had waited nearly 30 years for the chance to follow their team to a World Cup and the thousands who have made the journey to the tournament are merrily making up for lost time, to the delight of Bostonians. (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO / AFP)

Members of the Tartan Army make their way to South Station to board trains to Boston Stadium to watch the upcoming World Cup match between Scotland and Morocco in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 19, 2026. From drinking the bars dry to lustily serenading an iconic baseball stadium with a rendition of "Flower of Scotland", the bagpipe-playing, kilt-wearing hordes of the Tartan Army have captivated Boston since arriving at the World Cup. Scotland's famously good-natured travelling supporters had waited nearly 30 years for the chance to follow their team to a World Cup and the thousands who have made the journey to the tournament are merrily making up for lost time, to the delight of Bostonians. (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO / AFP)