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.

19 June 2026, Hamburg: Alexander Dobrindt (L-R), German Minister of the Interior; Andy Grote, Hamburg's Senator for the Interior; and Boris Pistorius, German Minister of Defense, stand together on the podium during a press conference following the 2026 Conference of Interior Ministers (IMK). Photo: Daniel Bockwoldt/dpa

19 June 2026, Hamburg: Boris Pistorius, German Minister of Defense, speaks during a press conference following the 2026 Conference of Interior Ministers (IMK). Photo: Daniel Bockwoldt/dpa

19 June 2026, Hamburg: Participants in the 2026 Conference of Interior Ministers (IMK) are seated together in the hall. Photo: Daniel Bockwoldt/dpa

19 June 2026, Hamburg: Alexander Dobrindt (CSU), German Minister of the Interior, speaks during a press conference following the 2026 Conference of Interior Ministers (IMK). Photo: Daniel Bockwoldt/dpa

(FILES) French former anaesthetist Frederic Pechier (2nd L) arrives with his lawyers Ornella Spatafora (L), Randall Schwerdorffer (2nd R) and Lee Takhedmit on the opening day of his trial, at Besancon's courthouse, in Besancon, north eastern France, on September 8, 2025. The civil hearing in the case of Frederic Pechier, the anaesthetist from Besancon who was sentenced to life imprisonment on december 18, 2025 is set to open on June 22, 2026. (Photo by Romeo BOETZLE / AFP)

(FILES) French former anaesthetist Frederic Pechier arrives at the at Besancon's courthouse on the second day of his trial on charge of intentionally poisoning 30 patients, 12 of whom died, in an alleged attempt to show off his resuscitation skills and discredit co-workers, in Besancon, eastern France, on September 9, 2025. The civil hearing in the case of Frederic Pechier, the anaesthetist from Besancon who was sentenced to life imprisonment on december 18, 2025 is set to open on June 22, 2026. (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP)

An attendee looks on carrying the comic book "Persepolis" by Franco-Iranian artist Marjane Satrapi during the funeral ceremony of the artist at the crematorium of the Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris on June 19, 2026. Franco-Iranian author and film director Marjane Satrapi, renowned for her graphic novel and film "Persepolis", has died aged 56, a year after the passing of "the love of her life", a member of her close circle told AFP on June 4, 2026. (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)

Australia's Joel Davies (R) celebrates with wicketkeeper Josh Inglis after taking the wicket of Bangladesh's Saif Hassan during the second Twenty20 (T20) international cricket match between Bangladesh and Australia at the Bir Sreshtho Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Stadium in Chattogram on June 19, 2026. (Photo by AFP)