SWAPO has been Namibia’s ruling party since 1990, and Nujoma ultimately led it for 47 years until stepping down in 2007.

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: ...

WINDHOEK (Reuters) -Sam Nujoma, the activist and guerrilla leader who became Namibia's first democratically elected president after it won its independence from apartheid South Africa, died aged 95 on ...

Sam Nujoma, the guerrilla leader who became Namibia's first president after it won independence from South Africa in 1990, died aged 95 on February 9, 2025, the Namibian presidency said in a post ...

Windhoek - Namibian President Sam Nujoma will not run for a fourth term as head of state, his ruling South West Africa People's Organisation (Swapo) said on Monday. He is constitutionally not ...

Prime Minister remembered Dr. Sam Nujoma as a visionary leader who devoted his life to the struggle for Namibia's independence. As the first President of free Namibia, Dr. Nujoma made inspiring ...

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 ...

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 ...

After nearly 30 years in exile, Nujoma returned to Namibia to lead the liberation movement SWAPO in the U.N.-supervised elections in November 1989 that subsequently elevated him to the country’s ...