Sam Nujoma, Namibia's independence leader, has been laid to rest in a state funeral. Thousands of Namibians have already paid homage to the widely revered former president in almost a month of ...

Now, four decades after leading Namibia through a bitter guerrilla war against South Africa's racist apartheid government and on to independence, Nujoma has died aged 95. He died on Saturday after ...

When I arrived, he was there, mobilising us teenagers to return to the frontlines and fight for our country Namibia," he noted. Shekupe recounted how the war's intensity forced him to abandon his ...

Nujoma was seen as the last of a generation of African figures who headed anti-colonial movements and fought for freedom. "Therefore his departure signals an end of an era, a founding father of Africa ...

Namibia’s current president, Nangolo Mbumba, described Nujoma as a giant who stood firm in the country's 24-year armed ...

Namibia, then known as South West Africa, was under German occupation from 1884 until 1915, when Germany lost its colony in World War One. It then fell under the rule of white South Africa ...

"And war. I was raised during war. That can also make you wise in a hurry." Namibia's civil war started in 1966 and lasted 22 years. In 1990, when Namibia at last gained independence from South ...

President Bola Tinubu on Saturday paid glowing tribute to the late founding president of the Republic of Namibia, Dr Sam Nujoma. Tinubu, represented by the Vice President, Kashim Shettima ...

Sam Nujoma, the activist and guerrilla leader who became Namibia's first democratically elected president after it won independence from apartheid South Africa, has died aged 95.