SWAKOPMUND, 17 June 2026 - Erongo Governor Natalia /Goagoses delivering her Sate of the Region Address. She is dressed in the uniform of the National Youth Service, in solidarity with the Namibian youth and their plight in fighting against unemployment. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 16 June 2026 - Erongo Governor Natalia ǀGoagoses during her State of the Region Address (SORA) stated that the C35 Swakopmund/Henties Bay/Uis Main Road, costing N.dollars 1.03 billion, was 86 per cent complete with 16 kilometres remaining. (Photo by: Josephina Simeon) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 16 June 2026 - Erongo Governor Natalia ǀGoagoses during her State of the Region Address (SORA) stated that the C35 Swakopmund/Henties Bay/Uis Main Road, costing N.dollars 1.03 billion, was 86 per cent complete with 16 kilometres remaining. (Photo by: Josephina Simeon) NAMPA

UIS, 16 June 2026 - Uis in the Erongo Region, was upgraded from settlement to town status, becoming the region’s eighth local authority, ǀGoagoses said in her second State of the Region Address delivered in Swakopmund, with N.dollars 1 million allocated for an Infrastructure Master Plan and N.dollars 8.5 million for an ongoing bulk water pipeline. (Photo by: Josephina Simeon) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 17 June 2026 - In the Picture: Rössing Uranium is Johan Coetzee. Mining companies operating in the Erongo Region invested well over N.dollars 160 million in community development, education, healthcare and skills training over the past financial year, with Rössing Uranium alone accounting for N.dollars 73.5 million, Erongo Governor Natalia ǀGoagoses said on Wednesday. (Phot contributed) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 17 June 2026 - Mining companies operating in the Erongo Region invested well over N.dollars 160 million in community development, education, healthcare and skills training over the past financial year, with Rössing Uranium alone accounting for N.dollars 73.5 million, Erongo Governor Natalia ǀGoagoses said on Wednesday. (Phot contributed) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 17 June 2026 - Mining companies operating in the Erongo Region invested well over N.dollars 160 million in community development, education, healthcare and skills training over the past financial year, with Rössing Uranium alone accounting for N.dollars 73.5 million, Erongo Governor Natalia ǀGoagoses said on Wednesday. (Phot contributed) NAMPA

OMATJETE, 15 June 2026 - Senior councillor of the Zeraeua Traditional Authority Fabianus Uaseuapuani during an interview with Nampa ahead of the SORA in the Erongo Region. (Photo by: Chelva Wells) NAMPA

17 June 2026, Hamburg: A man dressed as Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt symbolically snatches a gun ownership permit from a man dressed as an Alternative for Germany (AfD) member during a WeAct initiative protest calling for a ban on firearms for AfD members on the sidelines of the 2026 Conference of Interior Ministers. Photo: Daniel Bockwoldt/dpa

17 June 2026, Hamburg: Thomas Guenther, the founder of an initiative to ban weapons for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) members, symbolically presents signatures to a man dressed as German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt alongside Lara, a campaigner for WeAct, during a protest on the sidelines of the 2026 Conference of Interior Ministers. Photo: Daniel Bockwoldt/dpa

This combination of file pictures created on June 17, 2026 shows Haiti's forward Duckens Nazon in Frisco on July 7, 2015 (L) and Brazil's forward Vinicius Jr in Seoul on October 10, 2025 (R). The two sides meet in the 2026 World Cup football tournament Group C at Philadelphia Stadium in Philadelphia on June 19, 2026. (Photo by TOM PENNINGTON and ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)

This combination of file pictures created on June 17, 2026 shows Morocco's defender Achraf Hakimi in East Rutherford on June 13, 2026 (L) and Scotland's defender Andrew Robertson in Zagreb on October 12, 2024 (R). The two sides meet in the 2026 World Cup football tournament Group C at Boston Stadium in Boston on June 19, 2026. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU and DAMIR SENCAR / AFP)

People react as Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem (not pictured) addresses crowds via a giant screen during the first day of Ashura commemorations at the mausoleum of former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut’s southern suburbs on June 17, 2026. Qassem said on June 17 that Lebanon's negotiations with Israel should be limited to "mutual security", and that the country's main demand should be restoring its sovereignty after Israeli troops invaded the south. (Photo by Anwar AMRO / AFP)

Russia's Ekaterina Alexandrova returns the ball to Berarus' Aryna Sabalenka during the women's singles round of 16 tennis match at the WTA 500 Berlin Tennis Open tournament in Berlin on June 17, 2026. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)

Russia's Ekaterina Alexandrova serves the ball to Berarus' Aryna Sabalenka during the women's singles round of 16 tennis match at the WTA 500 Berlin Tennis Open tournament in Berlin on June 17, 2026. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)

Argentina's head coach Lionel Scaloni gestures during training session at Sporting KC Training Centre in Kansas City on June 17, 2026. (Photo by JUAN MABROMATA / AFP)