Housebreaking cases topped police crime reports from December 31 to January 4. Rape cases were also prominent, including one victim with an intellectual disability.

Police reported seven suicides, with victims ranging from 25 to 60 years old.

Four murder cases have been reported to Namibian police since the start of the new year.

Zambia's Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit has successfully evacuated 54 flood victims from the Kamwala area of the Eastern Province, following flooding of the Lundazi River five days ago.

Seven rape cases, including one involving a biological father, have been reported to the Namibian police since the start of the year.

Rape incidents dominated crimes reported in the ||Kharas Region from New Year's Eve through the weekend, with police recording three separate cases.