OSHAKATI, 20 March 2026 - Oshana Chief Regional Officer Teopolina Hamutumua. (Photo: Contributed)
OSHAKATI, 21 March 2026 - Chairperson of the Uukwambi Traditional Authority, Herman Iipumbu, pictured during the 36th independence anniversary celebration in Oshakati. (Photo by: Ester Hakaala) NAMPA
WINDHOEK, 21 March 2026 - Members of the public at the 36 Independence celebrations at the Sam Nujoma Stadium in Windhoek. (Photo by: Ali Negumbo) NAMPA
WINDHOEK, 21 March 2026 - Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs, Frans Kapofi, speaks at the Independence celebrations at the Sam Nujoma Stadium. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA
WINDHOEK, 21 March 2026 - Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs, Frans Kapofi, speaks at the Independence celebrations at the Sam Nujoma Stadium. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA
WINDHOEK, 21 March 2026 - Former Trade and Industry Minister and liberation struggle veteran Ben Amathila pictured at the 36th independence celebrations in Windhoek. (Photo by: Eba Kandovazu) NAMPA
WINDHOEK, 21 March 2026 - Swapo Member of Parliament, Fenny Tutjavi, speaks at the independence celebrations at the Sam Nujoma Stadium in Windhoek. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA
WINDHOEK, 21 March 2026 - Swapo Member of Parliament, Fenny Tutjavi, speaks at the independence celebrations at the Sam Nujoma Stadium in Windhoek. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA
FILED - 10 March 2026, Lower Saxony, Wolfsburg: CEO of Volkswagen AG Oliver Blume speaks at the Volkswagen Group's annual press conference in Autostadt. Photo: Julian Stratenschulte/dpa
La France Insoumise (LFI) MP and Limoges' left-wing Popular Front - Union of the Social Left and The Ecologistes mayoral candidate Damien Maudet arrives to cast his vote during the second round of France's 2026 municipal elections in Limoges, central France on March 22, 2026. (Photo by Pascal LACHENAUD / AFP)
La France Insoumise (LFI) MP and Limoges' left-wing Popular Front - Union of the Social Left and The Ecologistes mayoral candidate Damien Maudet arrives to cast his vote during the second round of France's 2026 municipal elections in Limoges, central France on March 22, 2026. (Photo by Pascal LACHENAUD / AFP)
La France Insoumise (LFI) MP and Limoges' left-wing Popular Front - Union of the Social Left and The Ecologistes mayoral candidate Damien Maudet casts his vote during the second round of France's 2026 municipal elections in Limoges, central France on March 22, 2026. (Photo by Pascal LACHENAUD / AFP)
La France Insoumise (LFI) MP and Limoges' left-wing Popular Front - Union of the Social Left and The Ecologistes mayoral candidate Damien Maudet arrives to cast his vote during the second round of France's 2026 municipal elections in Limoges, central France on March 22, 2026. (Photo by Pascal LACHENAUD / AFP)
La France Insoumise (LFI) MP and Limoges' left-wing Popular Front - Union of the Social Left and The Ecologistes mayoral candidate Damien Maudet prepares to cast his vote during the second round of France's 2026 municipal elections in Limoges, central France on March 22, 2026. (Photo by Pascal LACHENAUD / AFP)
Japan's Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks during a joint press statement with his German counterpart Boris Pistorius (not seen) at the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force naval base in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo on March 22, 2026. (Photo by David Mareuil / POOL / AFP)
Japan's Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (R) and Germany's Defence Minister Boris Pistorius (L) deliver a joint press statement at the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force naval base in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo on March 22, 2026. (Photo by David Mareuil / POOL / AFP)