The primary president of unbiased 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 struggle 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 grew to become 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 stated in a press release saying the dying 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 steer the occasion earlier than stepping down in 2007 as president of the ruling Swapo occasion after 47 years on the helm.