Namibia

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, and became known as the father of his nation, has died. He was 95. Nujoma’s death was announced Sunday by…

Nujoma died at the age of 95...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has extended his “deepest” condolences to the government of Namibia after the death of its founding president Sam Nujoma. Nujoma, 95, died just before midnight on Saturday in Windhoek after being hospitalised for past three weeks for medical observation due to ill health. Ramaphosa extended his sympathies…

Windhoek — On this day last year, we woke up to the devastating news of the passing of our beloved President, H.E. Dr. Hage G. Geingob. Today, on the first anniversary of his passing, we honour the memory President Geingob, the visionary architect of our constitution, a gallant leader who…

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO’S senior men’s hockey team are looking to rebound against Namibia when they tackle the Southern Africa nation in their second Pool C match, tomorrow. That encounter flicks off from about 4.30 a.m. (T&T time) at the Zatika Sports Centre in Porec, Croatia. In their FIH Hockey Indoor…

This article was produced by  National Geographic Traveller  (UK). Two small, beady eyes are watching me. I’m close enough to see light swirling around the green irises, the black pupils reduced to the thinnest of slivers. It’s a lazy, passive, even dismissive look that’s cast my way by a ruthless…

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Namibia’s first president, Sam Shafiishuna Nujoma, has died. He was 95. President Nangolo Mbumba confirmed Nujoma’s passing in a statement on Sunday morning. “It is therefore with utmost sorrow and sadness that I announce this morning of the 9th of February 2025 to the Namibian people, our African brothers and…

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File photo: Sam Nujoma (Picture credit: AP) Sam Nujoma , Namibia’s first president and the leader who guided the country to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990, died on Saturday at the age of 95. His death was announced by Namibia’s current president Nangolo Mbumba on Sunday. He said…