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 ...

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 ...

The Namibian government has announced a temporary ban on state funerals amid criticism over the rising costs of these burials. Only President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has the power to exempt funerals ...

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 ...

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.

WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) — 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 ...

Namibian founding president Sam Nujoma is laid to rest and praised as the last African liberator Associated Press Published Mar 01, 2025 • Last updated Mar 01, 2025 • 3 minute read ...