Salome Kambala, acting national spokesperson of the National Organisation of Parents in Education (NAOPE). (Photo: Contributed)

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MAPOREZA, 19 December 2025 - The Kavango West Regional Directorate of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture officially handing over construction sites to the Namibia Training Authority (NTA) at Maporeza village in the Kavango West Region on Friday. (Photo by: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

Protesters attend a Christmas eve mass during a road blockade on the A63 motorway amid a farmers's protest against the government's mandatory culling protocol for cattle herds affected by lumpy skin disease (dermatose nodulaire contagieuse), in Cestas, near Bordeaux, south-western France, on December 24, 2025. (Photo by Thomas BERNARDI / AFP)

CORRECTION / Protesters stand beside a fire during a road blockade on the A63 motorway amid a farmers's protest against the government's mandatory culling protocol for cattle herds affected by lumpy skin disease (dermatose nodulaire contagieuse), in Cestas, near Bordeaux, south-western France, on December 24, 2025. (Photo by Thomas BERNARDI / AFP) / “The erroneous mention[s] appearing in the metadata of this photo by Matthieu RONDEL has been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: [Thomas BERNARDI] instead of [Mathieu RONDEL]. Please immediately remove the erroneous mention from all your online services and delete it from your servers. If you have been authorized by AFP to distribute it to third parties, please ensure that the same actions are carried out by them. Failure to promptly comply with these instructions will entail liability on your part for any continued or post notification usage. Therefore we thank you very much for all your attention and prompt action. We are sorry for the inconvenience this notification may cause and remain at your disposal for any further information you may require.

CORRECTION / Protesters attend a mass during a road blockade on the A63 motorway amid a farmers's protest against the government's mandatory culling protocol for cattle herds affected by lumpy skin disease (dermatose nodulaire contagieuse), in Cestas, near Bordeaux, south-western France, on December 24, 2025. (Photo by Thomas BERNARDI / AFP) / “The erroneous mention[s] appearing in the metadata of this photo by Matthieu RONDEL has been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: [Thomas BERNARDI] instead of [Mathieu RONDEL]. Please immediately remove the erroneous mention from all your online services and delete it from your servers. If you have been authorized by AFP to distribute it to third parties, please ensure that the same actions are carried out by them. Failure to promptly comply with these instructions will entail liability on your part for any continued or post notification usage. Therefore we thank you very much for all your attention and prompt action. We are sorry for the inconvenience this notification may cause and remain at your disposal for any further information you may require.

French bishop of Chartres Monsignor Philippe Christory celebrates the midnight Christmas mass at Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres in Chartres on December 24 2025. (Photo by JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER / AFP)