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

US President Donald Trump (R) receives a tour of the Chateau de Versailles from French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron ahead of a dinner on June 17, 2026 in Versailles, France. The dinner followed the conclusion of this week's Group of 7 (G7) summit in Evian, France. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker / POOL / AFP)

Congolese supporters dressed in the colors of the Democratic Republic of Congo's national flag celebrate the Leopards' equalizing goal in a street in Bunia at night during a FIFA World Cup match between DR Congo and Portugal in Bunia, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 17, 2026. The Congolese Leopards played their first match of the tournament in Houston, Texas (United States), against Portugal (1–1). The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) had last qualified for a World Cup in 1974. The country was then called Zaire, and the dictator Mobutu Sese Seko was in power (1965–1997). At nightfall in downtown Bunia, the capital of Ituri (northeast), a crowd gathered in the street, standing in front of a modest television screen. Above a barbecue where skewers sold individually were grilling, the owner of a small stall had hung up a screen so people could watch the match. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP)

Congolese supporters dressed in the colors of the Democratic Republic of Congo's national flag celebrate the Leopards' equalizing goal in a street in Bunia at night during a FIFA World Cup match between DR Congo and Portugal in Bunia, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 17, 2026. The Congolese Leopards played their first match of the tournament in Houston, Texas (United States), against Portugal (1–1). The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) had last qualified for a World Cup in 1974. The country was then called Zaire, and the dictator Mobutu Sese Seko was in power (1965–1997). At nightfall in downtown Bunia, the capital of Ituri (northeast), a crowd gathered in the street, standing in front of a modest television screen. Above a barbecue where skewers sold individually were grilling, the owner of a small stall had hung up a screen so people could watch the match. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP)

TOPSHOT - A Congolese supporter dressed in the colors of the Democratic Republic of Congo's national flag stands in front of an armoured personnel carrier (APC) as he celebrates the Leopards' equalizing goal in a street in Bunia at night during a FIFA World Cup match between DR Congo and Portugal in Bunia, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 17, 2026. The Congolese Leopards played their first match of the tournament in Houston, Texas (United States), against Portugal (1–1). The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) had last qualified for a World Cup in 1974. The country was then called Zaire, and the dictator Mobutu Sese Seko was in power (1965–1997). At nightfall in downtown Bunia, the capital of Ituri (northeast), a crowd gathered in the street, standing in front of a modest television screen. Above a barbecue where skewers sold individually were grilling, the owner of a small stall had hung up a screen so people could watch the match. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP)

Congolese supporters dressed in the colors of the Democratic Republic of Congo's national flag celebrate the Leopards' equalizing goal in a street in Bunia at night during a FIFA World Cup match between DR Congo and Portugal in Bunia, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 17, 2026. The Congolese Leopards played their first match of the tournament in Houston, Texas (United States), against Portugal (1–1). The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) had last qualified for a World Cup in 1974. The country was then called Zaire, and the dictator Mobutu Sese Seko was in power (1965–1997). At nightfall in downtown Bunia, the capital of Ituri (northeast), a crowd gathered in the street, standing in front of a modest television screen. Above a barbecue where skewers sold individually were grilling, the owner of a small stall had hung up a screen so people could watch the match. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP)

Congolese supporters dressed in the colors of the Democratic Republic of Congo's national flag celebrate the Leopards' equalizing goal in a street in Bunia at night during a FIFA World Cup match between DR Congo and Portugal in Bunia, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 17, 2026. The Congolese Leopards played their first match of the tournament in Houston, Texas (United States), against Portugal (1–1). The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) had last qualified for a World Cup in 1974. The country was then called Zaire, and the dictator Mobutu Sese Seko was in power (1965–1997). At nightfall in downtown Bunia, the capital of Ituri (northeast), a crowd gathered in the street, standing in front of a modest television screen. Above a barbecue where skewers sold individually were grilling, the owner of a small stall had hung up a screen so people could watch the match. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP)

TOPSHOT - Two young boys with their faces painted in the colors of the Democratic Republic of Congo's flag look disappointed after Portugal scored during a FIFA World Cup match between DR Congo and Portugal in Bunia, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 17, 2026. The Congolese Leopards played their first match of the tournament in Houston, Texas (United States), against Portugal (1–1). The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) had last qualified for a World Cup in 1974. The country was then called Zaire, and the dictator Mobutu Sese Seko was in power (1965–1997). At nightfall in downtown Bunia, the capital of Ituri (northeast), a crowd gathered in the street, standing in front of a modest television screen. Above a barbecue where skewers sold individually were grilling, the owner of a small stall had hung up a screen so people could watch the match. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP)

Congolese supporters celebrate the Democratic Republic of Congo's equalizing goal shortly before halftime during a FIFA World Cup match between DR Congo and Portugal in Bunia, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 17, 2026. Ituri, a remote province in northeastern Congo, is at the epicenter of the 17th Ebola outbreak, declared on May 15 in the DRC. The virus has infected 837 people and caused 196 deaths so far, according to the latest official figures. In the city of Bunia alone, 215 cases of infection have been confirmed, while the DRC’s testing capacity is limited. The scale of the health crisis is still unknown, scientists, aid workers, and international health authorities acknowledge. But for 90 minutes of the match, some of the roughly 100 million inhabitants say they were able to escape the worries linked to the epidemic, the conflict in the east of the country, and the violence of armed groups. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP)