WINDHOEK, 26 December 2025 - The Katutura State Hospital maternity ward. (Photo by: Edward Tenete) NAMPA

KATIMA MULILO, 25 December 2025 - Sister Emely Chidolo speaks to Nampa while 19-year-old first-time mother, Emelia Kachelo takes a recuperation nap on her hospital bed on Thursday afternoon. (Photo by: Michael Mutonga Liswaniso) NAMPA

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)

31 December 2025, North Rhine-Westphalia, Dortmund: Fireworks lights the sky over the Phoenixsee in Hoerde with the Signal-Iduna-Park (L) during the New Year's Eve celebrations. Photo: Christoph Reichwein/dpa

01 January 2026, Rhineland-Palatinate, Koblenz: Visitors fire off New Year's Eve fireworks at the equestrian statue of Kaiser Wilhelm at the confluence of the Rhine and Moselle rivers at the Deutsches Eck. Photo: Thomas Frey/dpa

01 January 2026, North Rhine-Westphalia, Solingen: Firefighters work at the entrance to a warehouse during a fire on New Year's Eve. Photo: Christoph Reichwein/dpa

01 January 2026, Hesse, Frankfurt/Main: Fireworks can be seen over the banks of the Main and the skyline at the turn of the year. Photo: Helmut Fricke/dpa