OSHAKATI, Namibia (AP) — Sam Nujoma, the fiery, white-bearded freedom fighter who led Namibia to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990 and served as its first president for 15 years ...

Namibia's first president after independence in 1990, Sam Nujoma, attends the inauguration of a $157-million vessel named after him on June 15, 2017 in Walvis Bay, Namibia. The Associated Press ...

WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) — Namibia’s founding president, Sam Nujoma, who steered the country to freedom from apartheid South Africa, was laid to rest in the country’s Heroes Acre cemetery on ...

OSHAKATI, Namibia (AP) — Sam Nujoma, the fiery, white-bearded freedom fighter who led Namibia to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990 and served as its first president for 15 years, coming ...

Namibian founding president Sam Nujoma is laid to rest and praised as the last African liberator By: Sonja Smith, The Associated Press Posted: 8:17 AM CST Saturday, Mar. 1, 2025 Last Modified: 10: ...

Sam Nujoma, the guerrilla leader who became Namibia's first president after it won independence from South Africa in 1990, died aged 95 on Saturday, the Namibian presidency said in a post on Facebook.

Namibia elected its first female president last year and President-elect Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah’s term is due to start next month. Nujoma grew up in a rural, impoverished family, the eldest of ...