Okatana Constituency councillor Petrus Shigwedha Ashipala. (Photo: Contributed)

GROOTFONTEIN, 19 December 2025 - The accident scene where two trucks and a passenger bus were involved in a collision Friday afternoon outside Grootfontein in the Otjozondjupa Region. (Photo: Contributed)

KATIMA MULILO, 18 December 2025 - Zambezi Region Governor, Dorothy Kabula is urging residents to guard against gender-based violence and human trafficking this festive season. (Photo: Contributed)

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

(251226) -- XI'AN, Dec. 26, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Passengers arrived are pictured at Fuping South Railway Station along the Xi'an-Yan'an high-speed railway in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, on Dec. 26, 2025. A sleek silver bullet train departed Yan'an in northwest China's Shaanxi Province on Friday, linking the sacred revolutionary heartland to the country's rapidly expanding high-speed rail network. The newly opened 299-km line connects Yan'an with Xi'an, the provincial capital and home to the famed Terracotta Warriors, slashing travel time between the two cities from about 2.5 hours to roughly one hour. Designed for operations of up to 350 km per hour, the line marked the fastest train running on the Loess Plateau. (Xinhua/Li Yibo)

(251226) -- XI'AN, Dec. 26, 2025 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on Dec. 26, 2025 shows a bullet train running on the Wangjiahe grand bridge along Xi'an-Yan'an high-speed railway in northwest China's Shaanxi Province. A sleek silver bullet train departed Yan'an in northwest China's Shaanxi Province on Friday, linking the sacred revolutionary heartland to the country's rapidly expanding high-speed rail network. The newly opened 299-km line connects Yan'an with Xi'an, the provincial capital and home to the famed Terracotta Warriors, slashing travel time between the two cities from about 2.5 hours to roughly one hour. Designed for operations of up to 350 km per hour, the line marked the fastest train running on the Loess Plateau. (Photo by Ren Wei/Xinhua)

(251226) -- XI'AN, Dec. 26, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Passengers line up for ticket check at Fuping South Railway Station along the Xi'an-Yan'an high-speed railway in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, on Dec. 26, 2025. A sleek silver bullet train departed Yan'an in northwest China's Shaanxi Province on Friday, linking the sacred revolutionary heartland to the country's rapidly expanding high-speed rail network. The newly opened 299-km line connects Yan'an with Xi'an, the provincial capital and home to the famed Terracotta Warriors, slashing travel time between the two cities from about 2.5 hours to roughly one hour. Designed for operations of up to 350 km per hour, the line marked the fastest train running on the Loess Plateau. (Xinhua/Li Yibo)

(251226) -- XI'AN, Dec. 26, 2025 (Xinhua) -- C9312, the first train of the Xi'an-Yan'an high-speed railway, departs from Fuping South Railway Station in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, on Dec. 26, 2025. A sleek silver bullet train departed Yan'an in northwest China's Shaanxi Province on Friday, linking the sacred revolutionary heartland to the country's rapidly expanding high-speed rail network. The newly opened 299-km line connects Yan'an with Xi'an, the provincial capital and home to the famed Terracotta Warriors, slashing travel time between the two cities from about 2.5 hours to roughly one hour. Designed for operations of up to 350 km per hour, the line marked the fastest train running on the Loess Plateau. (Xinhua/Li Yibo)