Sam Nujoma, the fiery freedom fighter who led Namibia to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990 and served as its ...

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 ...

Sam Nujoma, the activist and guerrilla leader who became Namibia's first democratically elected president after it won its ...

Revered as "father of the nation" and the icon of Namibia's liberation struggle, Sam Nujoma lived up to these expectations in ...

Like many African leaders of his era, he was shaped by the struggle for resistance against colonial oppression. This was no romantic picnic.

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 ...

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

FILE - Namibian and ruling Swapo party President Sam Nujoma speaks during an election rally in Windhoek, Namibia, Nov. 13, 2004. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File) FILE - Namibian and ruling Swapo ...

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 ...

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 ...