Namibia's 1st President, Sam Nujoma Died Aged 95

Sam Nujoma, who led Namibia after independence struggle, dies at 95
Before independence in 1990, Mr. Nujoma directed a Cold War-era insurgency against South African control of the mineral-rich former German colony.
Sam Nujoma, anti-apartheid activist and Namibia's first president, dies at 95
Sam Nujoma, the freedom fighter who became Namibia's founding president after leading the country to independence from apartheid South Africa, has died.
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 its independence from apartheid South Africa, died aged 95 on Saturday, the Namibian Presidency said on Sunday.
Sam Nujoma, Namibia's fiery freedom fighter and first president, dies at 95
Sam Nujoma, the fiery freedom fighter who led Namibia to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990 and served as its president for 15 years, has died.
Sam Nujoma, Namibia’s First Post-Independence Leader, Dies at 95
Sam Nujoma, a former railway worker who served as Namibia’s president for 15 years after leading the diamond-rich nation’s struggle for independence, has died. He was 95.
Sam Nujoma, first president of Namibia, dies aged 95
Nujoma has been called the country's founding father after leading the fight for independence from South Africa.
Sam Nujoma personified Namibia’s struggle for freedom
Like many African leaders of his era, he was shaped by the struggle for resistance against colonial oppression. This was no romantic picnic.
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Tributes for Namibia’s former president Sam Nujoma
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Namibia’s first president and ‘founding father’ of nation dies aged 95
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, has died aged 95.
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Sam Nujoma, Founding President of Namibia, Dies at 95
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 ...
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Sam Nujoma, Namibia’s ‘founding father’ and first president, dies aged 95
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Sam Nujoma’s Former Bodyguard Reflects on His Legacy & Service
IT WAS A PRIVILEGE … Late founding president Sam Nujoma’s former bodyguard Nepando Amupanda reflects on the loss of a ...
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'We Don't Appreciate Leaders' - Kauandenge Remembers Nujoma
National Unity Democratic Organisation secretary general Joseph Kauandenge says leaders are often unappreciated, citing propaganda narratives.He said this during Wednesday's National Assembly session, ...