Namibia’s ‘founding father’ Sam Nujoma dies aged 95

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Namibia’s ‘founding father’ Sam Nujoma dies aged 95

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.

The Namibian Presidency said Nujoma died on Saturday.

Nujoma rose to head the thinly populated southern African country on March 21, 1990 and was formally recognised as “Founding Father of the Namibian Nation” through a 2005 act of parliament.

“The foundations of the Republic of Namibia have been shaken,” the presidency posted on X.

“Our venerable leader, Dr Nujoma did not only blaze the trail to freedom – but he also inspired us to rise to our feet and to become masters of this vast land of our ancestors.”

Nujoma served three terms as president from 1990 to 2005 and sought to project himself as a unifying leader bridging political divides.

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