OSHAKATI, 20 March 2026 - Oshana Chief Regional Officer Teopolina Hamutumua. (Photo: Contributed)

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 - Swapo Member of Parliament, Fenny Tutjavi, speaks at the independence celebrations at the Sam Nujoma Stadium in Windhoek. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

Italian athlete Francesca Lollobrigida poses with her Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Games gold medals for 3.000m and 5.000m in speed skating before the Italian Serie A football match between AS Roma and Lecce at the Olympic Stadium in Rome on March 22, 2026. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)

Russia's Idar Bifov (white) competes against Russia's Niiaz Bilalov in the men's under 100 kg final bout at the Tbilisi Grand Slam judo tournament in Tbilisi on March 22, 2026. (Photo by Vano SHLAMOV / AFP)

Russia's Idar Bifov (white) competes against Russia's Niiaz Bilalov in the men's under 100 kg final bout at the Tbilisi Grand Slam judo tournament in Tbilisi on March 22, 2026. (Photo by Vano SHLAMOV / AFP)

Israeli Iron Dome interceptor detonate in the sky close to the Israel-Lebanon border, in the Upper Galilee in northern Israel on March 22, 2026. Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East war on March 2, when pro-Iran Hezbollah launched rockets towards Israel in response to US-Israeli strikes that killed Iranian supreme leader on February 28. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP) /