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.

FILED - 27 April 2026, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: FILE PHOTO - Antonius Michelmann (L), brother of Eva Maria Michelmann, who is being held in Syria, speaks at a press conference alongside his mother, Rotraut Hake-Michelmann. Eva Maria Michelmann, a resident of Cologne, and Kurdish journalist A. Polat had gone missing in connection with a Syrian army offensive in the north of the country. Photo: Oliver Berg/dpa

FILED - 01 December 2025, Bavaria, Munich: FILE PHOTO - Bayern Munich honorary president Uli Hoeness participates in the panel discussion "How Soccer Remains the King of Business" at the Sport Marke Medien Congress. Photo: Peter Kneffel/dpa

A combine harvester cuts wheat in a field near Manastirea village, southern Romania, on June 19, 2026. Romanian farmers have been forced to start the annual grain harvest weeks earlier than usual due to an intense early-summer heatwave and prolonged drought conditions driven by climate change, threatening crop yields across the region. (Photo by Daniel MIHAILESCU / AFP)

A famer in a combine harvester cuts wheat in a field near Manastirea village, southern Romania, on June 19, 2026. Romanian farmers have been forced to start the annual grain harvest weeks earlier than usual due to an intense early-summer heatwave and prolonged drought conditions driven by climate change, threatening crop yields across the region. (Photo by Daniel MIHAILESCU / AFP)

A combine harvester cuts wheat in a field near Manastirea village, southern Romania, on June 19, 2026. Romanian farmers have been forced to start the annual grain harvest weeks earlier than usual due to an intense early-summer heatwave and prolonged drought conditions driven by climate change, threatening crop yields across the region. (Photo by Daniel MIHAILESCU / AFP)

USA's Frances Tiafoe returns the ball to Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime during their men's singles quarter-final match of the Halle Open ATP tennis tournament in Halle, western Germany, on June 19, 2026. (Photo by CARMEN JASPERSEN / AFP)

USA's Frances Tiafoe returns the ball to Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime during their men's singles quarter-final match of the Halle Open ATP tennis tournament in Halle, western Germany, on June 19, 2026. (Photo by CARMEN JASPERSEN / AFP)

Ethiopia's Medina Eisa celebrates winning the women's 5000m final during the IAAF Diamond League competition at Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha on June 19, 2026. (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR / AFP)