{"id":401427,"date":"2026-09-26T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=401427"},"modified":"2026-09-25T22:25:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T20:25:21","slug":"elephant-keeps-okeeholongo-villagers-awake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=401427","title":{"rendered":"Elephant keeps Okeeholongo villagers awake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Placido Hilukilwa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">RESIDENTS of Okeeholongo village in the Okahao Constituency of the Omusati Region had a sleepless night after a lone elephant bull roamed the area, breaking into homesteads in search of water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The incident occurred during the night from Thursday to Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One resident said the elephant entered his homestead, overturned and damaged water containers, ate pumpkins and then moved on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is not yet clear how many homesteads were visited by the stray jumbo or the extent of the damage caused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nature conservation officials were summoned and arrived in the area early on Friday morning and promptly launched an operation to trace the elephant and drive it back to its habitat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Picture for illustrative purposes only. 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