ONDONGA, 28 May 2026- Ondonga King Fillemon Shuumbwa Nangolo addressing the Genocide Remembrance Day. (Photo: Max Henrich) NAMPA

ONDANGWA, 28 May 2026 - Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture Sanet Steenkamp addressing the Genocide Remembrance Day commemoration at Oluno Community Hall in the Oshana region.

OPUWO, 28 May 2026- Director-General of the National Planning Commission Dr Kaire Mbuende addressing the Genocide Remembrance Day commemoration at Opuwo in the Kunene Region. (Photo: Kaviveterue Virere) NAMPA

OPUWO, 28 May 2026- Director-General of the National Planning Commission Dr Kaire Mbuende, Kunene Governor Vipuakuje Muharukua, and Minister of Industries, Mines and Energy Modestus Amutse during the Genocide Remembrance Day in Opuwo, Kunene Region. (Photo: Kaviveterue Virere) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 28 May 2026 - Chiefs of the Zeraeua and !Oe-ǂGan Traditional Authorities Ombara Manase Christian Zeraeua and Gaob Immanuel ǂNu-axa ǃGâseb (l), Chairperson of the Genocide Committee in Erongo Uahimisa Kaapehi (m) and other political and traditional leaders kneel at the entrance of the Swakopmund Memorial Park to seek for permission from the ancestors before entering the cemetery, during the Ovaherero and Nama Genocide. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 28 May 2026 - Gaob Immanuel ǂNu-axa ǃGâseb of the !Oe-ǂGan Traditional Authority, Erongo Governor Natalia |Goagoses, Ombara Manase Christian Zeraeua of the Zeraeua Traditional Authority and Former Member of Parliament (MP) Usutuaije Maamberua paying their respects to the victims of the 1904-1908 Ovaherero and Nama Genocide at the Swakopmund Memorial Park, during the Genocide Remembrance Day. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 28 MAY 2026 - Chiefs of the Zeraeua and !Oe-ǂGan Traditional Authorities Ombara Manase Christian Zeraeua and Gaob Immanuel ǂNu-axa ǃGâseb laying a wreath on the Ovaherero and Nama Genocide Monument at the Swakopmund Memorial Park, in remembrance of the 1904-1908 Genocide. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

OPUWO, 28 May 2026 - Senior Council Uahuna Tjiposa of the Otjikaoko Traditional Authority speaking at the Genocide Remembrance Day commemoration held at Opuwo in the Kunene Region on Thursday. (Photo: Contributed)

Soudal Quick-Step French rider Paul Magniercelebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the 18th stage of the Giro d'Italia 2026 - Tour of Italy cycling race between Fai della Paganella and Pieve di Soligo, Italy, on May 28, 2026. (Photo by Luca Bettini / AFP)

(FILES) A loving couple embraces on the banks of the Seine river on June 5, 1950, during a heat wave in Paris. (Photo by AFP)

(FILES) People rest on the banks of the Seine river on June 5, 1950, during a heat wave in Paris. (Photo by AFP)

(FILES) People rest on the banks of the Seine river on June 5, 1950, during a heat wave in Paris. (Photo by AFP)

(FILES) A baby protects himself from the sun on the banks of the Seine river on June 5, 1950, during a heat wave in Paris. (Photo by AFP)

US Vice President JD Vance arrives to speak at the commencement speech for the 2026 graduating class of the US Air Force Academy, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on May 28, 2026. (Photo by Matt Rourke / POOL / AFP)

US Vice President JD Vance arrives to speak at the commencement speech for the 2026 graduating class of the US Air Force Academy, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on May 28, 2026. (Photo by Matt Rourke / POOL / AFP)

US Vice President JD Vance arrives to speak at the commencement speech for the 2026 graduating class of the US Air Force Academy, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on May 28, 2026. (Photo by Matt Rourke / POOL / AFP)