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.

Volunteers and citizens form a human chain at the foot of the SOS MedMéditerranée mural on The Corniche Kennedy in Marseille, south-eastern France on June 20, 2026, as they express their solidarity with the organisation on its tenth anniversary. (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP)

Volunteers and citizens form a human chain at the foot of the SOS MedMéditerranée mural on The Corniche Kennedy in Marseille, south-eastern France on June 20, 2026, as they express their solidarity with the organisation on its tenth anniversary. (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP)

A police officer keeps watch over the racegoers ahead of racing on the fifth day of the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting in Ascot, west of London, on June 20, 2026. (Photo by Henry NICHOLLS / AFP)

Pope Leo XIV arrives for a pastoral visit in Pavia on June 20, 2026. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP)

Racegoers relax ahead of racing on the fifth day of the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting in Ascot, west of London, on June 20, 2026. (Photo by Henry NICHOLLS / AFP)

Spectators in the packed grandstand watch the first men's singles semi-final tennis match on day six of the ATP HSBC Championships at Queen's Club in west London on June 20, 2026. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP)

Racegoers await the Royal Procession ahead of racing on the fifth day of the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting in Ascot, west of London, on June 20, 2026. (Photo by Henry NICHOLLS / AFP)

French-Algerian author Boualem Sansal attends a political rally of the President of French right-wing party Les Republicains (LR) to launch his presidential campaign at the Parc Floral de Paris at the Vincennes woods, eastern Paris, on June 20, 2026. Retailleau will attempt during his first major meeting in Paris to "broaden" his conservative base, which is stagnating at 9% in the polls, and to give an image of unity, despite dissenting voices and leading figures who are currently giving him the benefit of the doubt. (Photo by Guillaume BAPTISTE / AFP)