WINDHOEK, Namibia — Sam Nujoma, the fiery freedom fighter who led Namibia to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990 and served as its first president for 15 years, and was known as the ...

Sam Nujoma, the first president of independent Namibia who led the country to freedom from apartheid South Africa in 1990, has died, Namibia's current leader announced Sunday. He was 95.

By Alan Cowell Sam Nujoma, the founding president of an independent Namibia, who led a Soviet-backed guerrilla army in an uneven fight against the vastly superior forces of white-ruled South ...

Nujoma was revered in his homeland as a charismatic father figure who steered his country to democracy [File: Wilfred Kajese/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images] Published On 9 Feb 20259 Feb 2025 Sam ...

WINDHOEK, Namibia — 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 ...

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 ...

Thousands of Namibians gathered on the outskirts of the capital Windhoek on Saturday to bid farewell to the country’s founding president, Sam Nujoma, who died last month in a private hospital at ...

Sam Nujoma, the fiery freedom fighter who led Namibia to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990 and served as its first president for 15 years, and was known as the father of the nation ...

Namibian Founding President Sam Nujoma Is Laid to Rest and Praised as the Last African Liberator WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) — Namibia’s founding president, Sam Nujoma, who steered the country to ...

Nujoma was Namibia's first democratically elected president Presidency says Namibia's foundations "have been shaken" Nujoma leaves behind complex legacy WINDHOEK, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Sam Nujoma, the ...

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