Sam Nujoma, the activist and guerilla leader who went on to become Namibia's first elected president, died on Saturday at the ...

President Sam Nujoma of Namibia in 2003. ... He did not give a cause but said that the former president had been hospitalized for three weeks. ... Trevor Samson/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images.

OSHAKATI, Namibia — 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, and ...

Sam Nujoma, Namibia's first president, has passed away at the age of 95. He was revered as a charismatic father figure who led his people to democracy.

Pall-bearers carry the casket containing the remains of Namibia's founding president Sam Nujoma during his state funeral at Heroes' Acre in Windhoek, Namibia, Saturday, March 1, 2025.

Reuters. Mourners chat at the end of a memorial service of Sam Nujoma, who became Namibia's first democratically elected president, at the Independence stadium, before his burial tomorrow at ...

The first president of independent Namibia, Sam Nujoma, has died at the age of 95 in the capital Windhoek, the country's current leader has announced. Nujoma led the long fight for independence ...

Sam Nujoma, a former guerrilla leader who became the first president of Namibia after decades of battling South African control of the sparsely populated but mineral-rich expanse in one of the ...

Sam Nujoma, Namibia's founding president who steered the country to freedom from apartheid South Africa, was laid to rest in the country's Heroes Acre cemetery on Saturday following a state ...

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 ...

The first president of independent Namibia, Sam Nujoma, has died at the age of 95 in the capital Windhoek, the country's current leader has announced. Nujoma led the long fight for independence ...