SWAKOPMUND, 09 December 2025 - Erongo Governor Natalia |Goagoses, Erongo Police Commander Commissioner Nikolaus Kupembona and Swakopmund Mayor Suama Kautondokwa and other regional leaders intercepting vehicles at the Swakopmund roadblock as the regional road safety campaign kicks off. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 09 December 2025 - Law enforcement officers intercepting vehicles at the Swakopmund roadblock as the regional road safety campaign kicks off. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 09 December 2025 - President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah on Monday appointed new heads of mission to several countries to serve and advance Namibia's interests. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 08 December 2025 - Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture, Sanet Steenkamp (C) pictured during a media conference of the announcement of subsidised tertiary education funding model. (Photo by: Mathilde Kudumo) NAMPA

(251211) -- QUANZHOU, Dec. 11, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Actresses perform at the opening ceremony of the 2025 Maritime Silk Road International Cultural Tourism Festival in Quanzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, on Dec. 11, 2025. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)

(251211) -- QUANZHOU, Dec. 11, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Actresses perform at the opening ceremony of the 2025 Maritime Silk Road International Cultural Tourism Festival in Quanzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, on Dec. 11, 2025. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)

(251211) -- JAKARTA, Dec. 11, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Fu Hua, president of Xinhua News Agency, speaks in a video address during the Hong Ting Forum in Jakarta, Indonesia, Dec. 11, 2025. The Hong Ting Forum themed "Advance New Frontiers for China-ASEAN Cooperation" was held on Thursday in Jakarta, Indonesia, where participants had in-depth discussions on strengthening China-ASEAN cooperation. Jointly organized by Xinhua News Agency Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau, the Chinese Mission to ASEAN, Xinhua Institute, and Xinhua Guangxi Bureau, the event brought together nearly 100 participants from governments, academia, businesses and media organizations from China and ASEAN member states. (Xinhua/Cen Yunpeng)

TOPSHOT - Nobel peace prize laureate Maria Corina Machado addresses a press conference at the Grand Hotel in Oslo, Norway, on December 11, 2025. - The 58-year-old, who has been in hiding in her home country since June 2024, missed the award of the Nobel Prize in Oslo on December 10. But she waved to supporters from her hotel shortly after arriving during the night. Maria Corina Machado is the lynchpin of opposition to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's regime, a fearless activist with rock star appeal whose inability to attend her own Nobel prize ceremony underlined the dangers she faces. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)