Sam Nujoma, Namibia’s founding president who steered the country to freedom from apartheid South Africa, has been laid to ...

African leaders past and present gathered in Namibia on Saturday to bury the country's "founding father" Sam Nujoma, who ...

Revered as the ‘Father of the Nation’ and a central figure in Namibia’s fight for independence, Sam Nujoma was widely ...

Sam Nujoma, Namibia’s founding president, was laid to rest on March 1, 2025, at the Heroes Acre in Windhoek after passing ...

He was laid to rest at Heroes Acre on Saturday in a ceremony attended by his family and African leaders past and present.

WINDHOEK, Namibia — Sam Nujoma, Namibia’s founding president who steered the country to freedom from apartheid South Africa, was laid to rest in the country’s Heroes Acre cemetery on ...

By Alan Cowell Sam Nujoma, the founding president of an independent Namibia, who led a Soviet-backed guerrilla army in an uneven fight against the vastly superior forces of white-ruled South ...

Namibian Founding President Sam Nujoma Is Laid to Rest and Praised as the Last African Liberator WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) — Namibia’s founding president, Sam Nujoma, who steered the country to ...

Sam Nujoma, the first president of independent Namibia who led the country to freedom from apartheid South Africa in 1990, has died, Namibia's current leader announced Sunday. He was 95.