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) -- ASTANA, Dec. 26, 2025 (Xinhua) -- New Year signs and decorations are seen along a street in Astana, Kazakhstan, Dec. 26, 2025. Astana has been adorned in festive decorations recently as the New Year approaches. (Photo by Kalizhan Ospanov/Xinhua)

(251226) -- ASTANA, Dec. 26, 2025 (Xinhua) -- New Year decorations are seen in front of the Baiterek Tower in Astana, Kazakhstan, Dec. 25, 2025. Astana has been adorned in festive decorations recently as the New Year approaches. (Photo by Kalizhan Ospanov/Xinhua)

(251226) -- ASTANA, Dec. 26, 2025 (Xinhua) -- New Year-themed decorations are displayed in front of a landmark building in Astana, Kazakhstan, Dec. 25, 2025. Astana has been adorned in festive decorations recently as the New Year approaches. (Photo by Kalizhan Ospanov/Xinhua)

A worker carries a bag full of cement to a nearby warehouse in the neighborhood of Cosa in Conakry, on December 26, 2025, ahead of Guinea’s Presidential election on December 28, 2025. (Photo by PATRICK MEINHARDT / AFP)