Sam Nujoma, the freedom fighter who became Namibia's founding president after leading the country to independence from ...

Before independence in 1990, Mr. Nujoma directed a Cold War-era insurgency against South African control of the mineral-rich ...

President John Dramani Mahama has signed a book of condolence in honour of Namibia’s first President, Sam Nujoma, who died on 8 February 2025 at the age of 95.

The first president of independent Namibia, Sam Nujoma, has died at the age of 95 in the capital Windhoek, the country's ...

Samuel (Sam) Shafishuna (“lightning”) Daniel Nujoma was born on 12 May 1929 at Etunda near Okahao in northern Namibia in today’s Omusati region, the eldest of 11 children. His childhood was ...

Sam Nujoma's prophecy of victory was indicative of his leadership and determination. He died Feb. 8 in Windhoek, Namibia at age 95.

Sam Nujoma, who has died aged 95, was the first president of Namibia and one of Africa’s renowned freedom fighters whose name ...

Revered as "father of the nation" and the icon of Namibia's liberation struggle, Sam Nujoma lived up to these expectations in more ways than one. His warm, broad smile and easy-going manner made ...

Pupils from various schools at Rehoboth recently hosted events honouring the life and legacy of the first president of an independent Namibia, Sam Nujoma.

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 Saturday ...

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 ...

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 ...