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.

(FILES) US President Donald Trump greets Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni during a summit on Gaza in Sharm el-Sheikh on October 13, 2025. Trump insists on June 20, 2026 Italian PM Meloni 'asked, over and over' for photo with him at G7. (Photo by Evan Vucci / POOL / AFP)

US player Brandon Nakashima returns to Argentina's Francisco Cerundolo during their 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)

(FILES) (COMBO) This combination of file pictures created on April 14, 2026 shows Italy's Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni facing journalists during the New Year press conference in Rome on January 9, 2026 (L) and US President Donald Trump listening during a roundtable to "save college sports" in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 6, 2026 (R). Trump insists on June 20, 2026 Italian PM Meloni 'asked, over and over' for photo with him at G7. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE and Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)

(FILES) (COMBO) This combination of file pictures created on April 14, 2026 shows Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni looking on as she greets Thailand's Prime Minister at the Chigi Palace, Italy's Prime Minister residence, in Rome on May 21, 2024 (L) and US President Donald Trump speaking after signing a presidential proclamation honouring the 90th anniversary of the Social Security Act in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on August 14, 2025 (R). Trump insists on June 20, 2026 Italian PM Meloni 'asked, over and over' for photo with him at G7. (Photo by Andreas SOLARO and Mandel NGAN / AFP)

A racegoer enjoys a cigar 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)

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)

Racegoers await the Royal Procession in front of the grandstands 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)

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)