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)

(260101) -- TOKYO, Jan. 1, 2026 (Xinhua) -- People take part in a New Year countdown event in Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 31, 2025. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)

(FILES) General view of the ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu in the Urubamba valley, near the Andean city of Cusco, taken on April 21, 2023. Rail service to Machu Picchu, Peru's main tourist attraction, resumed on December 31, 2025, a day after a head-on collision between two trains on that tourist route left one person dead and 40 injured, the operating companies reported. (Photo by Mariana SUAREZ / AFP)

Algeria's defender #4 Mohamed Amine Tougai is taken away on a stetcher during the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) Group E football match between Equatorial Guinea and Algeria at Moulay Hassan Stadium in Rabat on December 31, 2025. (Photo by Gabriel BOUYS / AFP)

Algeria's defender #4 Mohamed Amine Tougai is evacuated on a stretcher during the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) Group E football match between Equatorial Guinea and Algeria at Moulay Hassan Stadium in Rabat on December 31, 2025. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP)