KATIMA MULILO, 02 January 2026 - Former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Katima Mulilo Town Council, Charles Nawa Nawa (50), died in a Windhoek hospital on Friday. (Photo: Contributed)

KAOKO-OTAVI, 30 December 2025- Deputy minister of International Relations and Trade Jennely Matundu, Kunene Region Governor Vipuakuje Muharukua, Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security Minister Lucia Iipumbu (middle), Namibia Correctional Service Commissioner (NCS) General Raphael Tuhafeni Hamunyela, Inspector General of the Namibian Police Force, Lieutenant Joseph Shikongo pictured with various leaders in the Kunene region and NCS staff members during the inauguration of the Kaoko-Otavi Correctional Facility on Tuesday. (Photo: Kaviveterue Virere) NAMPA

NKURENKURU, 30 December 2025-Kavango West Police Spokesperson Chief Inspector Raimbert Muronga. (Photo:Contributed) NAMPA

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

(260111) -- GUIYANG, Jan. 11, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Baristas brew coffee at a coffee shop at a commercial complex in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 8, 2026. The city of Guiyang has been committed to the update and renovation of old commercial blocks, streets and factory areas. The renewed streets, such as Taiping, Minsheng, and Qingyun Roads have become vibrant spaces for relaxation and spending, driving urban consumption vitality and enhancing the city's youthful appeal. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

(260111) -- GUIYANG, Jan. 11, 2026 (Xinhua) -- People take photos at a coffee shop at a commercial complex in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 8, 2026. The city of Guiyang has been committed to the update and renovation of old commercial blocks, streets and factory areas. The renewed streets, such as Taiping, Minsheng, and Qingyun Roads have become vibrant spaces for relaxation and spending, driving urban consumption vitality and enhancing the city's youthful appeal. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

Kurdish men sit in a bus as government Syrian security forces escort six buses as they leave the Kurdish-majority Sheikh Maqsud neighbourhood, in the city of Aleppo, northern Syria early on January 11, 2026. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said January 11, 2026, that they agreed under a ceasefire to withdraw their fighters from the two districts they held in Aleppo after deadly clashes in the city. "We reached an understanding that led to a ceasefire and secured the evacuation of the martyrs, the wounded, the trapped civilians and the fighters from Ashrafiyeh and Sheikh Maqsud neighbourhoods to northern and eastern Syria," the SDF wrote in a statement. Syria's official SANA news agency reported that "buses carrying the last batch of members of the SDF organisation have left the Sheikh Maqsud neighbourhood in Aleppo, heading towards northeastern Syria." (Photo by Bakr ALkasem / AFP)

A Syrian security force officer stands guard as six buses and Syrian Arab Red Crescent ambulances carrying Kurds are escorted as they leave the Kurdish-majority Sheikh Maqsud neighbourhood, in the city of Aleppo, northern Syria early on January 11, 2026. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said January 11, 2026, that they agreed under a ceasefire to withdraw their fighters from the two districts they held in Aleppo after deadly clashes in the city. "We reached an understanding that led to a ceasefire and secured the evacuation of the martyrs, the wounded, the trapped civilians and the fighters from Ashrafiyeh and Sheikh Maqsud neighbourhoods to northern and eastern Syria," the SDF wrote in a statement. Syria's official SANA news agency reported that "buses carrying the last batch of members of the SDF organisation have left the Sheikh Maqsud neighbourhood in Aleppo, heading towards northeastern Syria." (Photo by Bakr ALkasem / AFP)