The primary president of impartial Namibia, Sam Nujoma, has died on the age of 95 within the capital Windhoek, the nation’s present chief has introduced.
Nujoma led the lengthy combat for independence from South Africa in 1990 after serving to discovered Namibia’s liberation motion often called the South West Peoples’ Organisation (Swapo) within the Nineteen Sixties.
After independence, Nujoma turned president in 1990 and led the nation till 2005.
Nujoma had been hospitalised over the previous three weeks with an sickness from which he “couldn’t get better”, Namibian President Nangolo Mbumba mentioned in a press release saying the demise with “utmost sorrow and disappointment”.
He added: “Our founding father lived an extended and consequential life throughout which he exceptionally served the individuals of his beloved nation.”
Nujoma retired as head of state in 2005, however continued to guide the get together earlier than stepping down in 2007 as president of the ruling Swapo get together after 47 years on the helm.
