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)

(251229) -- ROTTERDAM, Dec. 29, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Dec. 28, 2025 shows the cube houses in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The cube houses, designed by Dutch architect Piet Blom, were built in the 1980s. A total of 38 cube houses resemble an interconnected "Rubik's Cube" and have become a distinctive architectural landmark in Rotterdam. (Xinhua/Shao Haijun)

A photograph shows buildings in the Iranian capital Tehran with the snow-covered Alborz mountain range in the background on December 29, 2025. Tehran has seen intermittent rain since early December after months of dry weather, partially replenishing some of the city's reservoirs but leaving overall levels critically low. Iran, a largely arid country, has for years suffered chronic dry spells and heat waves, which are expected to worsen with climate change. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)

A photograph shows the Iranian capital Tehran with the snow-covered Alborz mountain range in the background on December 29, 2025. Tehran has seen intermittent rain since early December after months of dry weather, partially replenishing some of the city's reservoirs but leaving overall levels critically low. Iran, a largely arid country, has for years suffered chronic dry spells and heat waves, which are expected to worsen with climate change. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)

A photograph shows the Iranian capital Tehran with the snow-covered Alborz mountain range in the background on December 29, 2025. Tehran has seen intermittent rain since early December after months of dry weather, partially replenishing some of the city's reservoirs but leaving overall levels critically low. Iran, a largely arid country, has for years suffered chronic dry spells and heat waves, which are expected to worsen with climate change. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)