WINDHOEK, 12 December 2025 - National Council Chairperson Lukas Sinimbo Muha (C) pictured with his deputy, Emma Tangi Muteka (L) and National Assembly Speaker Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila. (Photo: Contributed)

OMARURU, 11 December 2025 - Minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security Lucia Iipumbu and NCS Commissioner General Raphael Hamunyela Hamunyela inspecting the parade of the 153 graduates from the Namibian Correctional Service’s ninth Basic Orientation training course at the Lucius Mahoto Correctional Service Training College on Thursday. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

GAM, 11 December 2025 - Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform Inge Zaamwani announced on Thursday in Gam that families that willingly returned from Gam will be resettled at the Otjipaheua farm. (Photo: Contributed)

UIS, 10 December 2025 - Chief Complaints Investigator at the office of the Ombudsman in Erongo Hermina Apollus speaking at the International Human Rights Day and Namibian Women’s day commemoration held at Uis on Wednesday. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

15 December 2025, Berlin: German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier receives Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, at Bellevue Palace on the second day of the Ukraine talks in Berlin. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa

15 December 2025, Berlin: German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier receives Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, at Bellevue Palace on the second day of the Ukraine talks in Berlin. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa

(251215) -- NOUAKCHOTT, Dec. 15, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Officials and experts from China and Africa attend the Fourth Taklamakan Desert International Forum in Nouakchott, Mauritania, Dec. 14, 2025. Officials and experts from China and Africa on Sunday called for stronger scientific and technological cooperation to address desertification and land degradation, urging closer coordination to advance Africa's Great Green Wall initiative. The calls were made at the fourth Taklamakan Desert International Forum, held in Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania, where participants stressed that desertification remains a shared global challenge requiring joint action and the sharing of experience. TO GO WITH "Roundup: Forum on combating desertification calls for deeper China-Africa cooperation" (Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography/Handout via Xinhua)

(251215) -- ANTARCTICA, Dec. 15, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Penguins are seen on Petermann Island in Antarctica, Dec. 12, 2025. The Antarctic ice and snow melt in large quantities during the height of summer, when the weather is relatively mild and the days are long. It is not only the high season for penguins to mate and hatch their chicks, but also the best time for whale watching. (Photo by Yang Shu/Xinhua)