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)

(FILES) Head of Ukraine's Military Intelligence Kyrylo Budanov attends the "Ukraine Year 2024" forum in Kyiv on February 25, 2024. Ukrainian President on January 2, 2026, named military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov as the new head of his office, after his previous top aide resigned in November over a corruption scandal. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

Crew members of the rescue ship "Ocean Viking" operated by the NGO SOS Mediterranee, take part in a night watch as they patrol in the search-and-rescue zone of the international waters of Malta, on January 1, 2026. 33 migrants were rescued by crew members of the migrants rescue ship "Ocean Viking" operated by the NGO SOS Mediterranee. They had been stranded on the oil tanker the 'Maridive 703' since their initial rescue 5 days ago in the joint search zone between Malta and Tunisia in international Mediterranean waters. (Photo by Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP)

(FILES) French botanist Francis Halle poses in Paris on November 5, 2013. French botanist Francis Halle, a staunch defender of primary tropical forests, has died at the age of 87, on December 31, 2025, the Francis Halle Association has announced on January 2, 2026. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP)

A crew member of the rescue ship “Ocean Viking” operated by the NGO SOS Mediterranee, uses night vision binoculars during a night watch as part of a patrol in the search-and-rescue zone of the international waters of Malta, on January 1, 2026. 33 migrants were rescued by crew members of the migrants rescue ship "Ocean Viking" operated by the NGO SOS Mediterranee. They had been stranded on the oil tanker the 'Maridive 703' since their initial rescue 5 days ago in the joint search zone between Malta and Tunisia in international Mediterranean waters. (Photo by Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP)