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.

Colombia's midfielder #08 Jorge Carrascal (C) practices during a training session at Academia Atlas FC in Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico on June 19, 2026, during the 2026 World Cup football tournament. (Photo by Ulises RUIZ / AFP)

Japan's players take part in an MD-1 training session in Monterrey stadium in Monterrey, on June 19, 2026, on the eve of the 2026 World Cup Group F football match between Tunisia and Japan. (Photo by Julio Cesar AGUILAR / AFP)

FILED - 17 June 2024, Berlin: FILE PHOTO - Belarusian tennis player Aryna Sabalenka gives an interview on the WTA Tour in Berlin. Photo: Hannes P Albert/dpa

Bolivia's Foreign Minister Fernando Aramayo speaks during a press conference with international correspondents in La Paz on June 19, 2026. (Photo by Aizar RALDES / AFP)

People hold placards as they participate in a meeting marking the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict on Independence Square in Kyiv on June 19, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Several people, mostly women, took part in a demonstration on Kyiv’s central square on June 19, in support of Ukrainian civilian women imprisoned by Russian authorities. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)

People hold placards as they participate in a meeting marking the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict on Independence Square in Kyiv on June 19, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Several people, mostly women, took part in a demonstration on Kyiv’s central square on June 19, in support of Ukrainian civilian women imprisoned by Russian authorities. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)

Participants hold a placard reading "Freedom to women who are in captivity" during a meeting marking the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict on Independence Square in Kyiv on June 19, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Several people, mostly women, took part in a demonstration on Kyiv’s central square on June 19, in support of Ukrainian civilian women imprisoned by Russian authorities. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)

Liudmyla Guseinova, head of the NGO “Numo, sestry!” (Come on, sisters), addresses participants at a meeting marking the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict on Independence Square in Kyiv on June 19, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Several people, mostly women, took part in a demonstration on Kyiv’s central square on June 19, in support of Ukrainian civilian women imprisoned by Russian authorities. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)