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.

President Nujoma never forgot the timely and vigorous support of Zimbabwe as Namibian dusk turned to dawn. It is this context that explains the bush whacking of war mongering Tony Blair by Sam Nujoma at the Sandton Convention Centre.

Sam Nujoma, the freedom fighter who became Namibia's founding president after leading the country to independence from apartheid South Africa, has died.

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.

Opposition Spokesperson on Foreign and Regional Affairs Dr Angela Brown Burke says she is saddened by the news of the passing of former President of Namibia Sam Nujoma. "On behalf of the People'

The Founding President, Dr Sam Nujoma, passed away on 8 February, at 95. The President Dr. Nangolo Mbumba confirmed the news in a statement released Sunday morning.

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, who has died aged 95, was the first president of Namibia and one of Africa’s renowned freedom fighters whose name was linked with men like Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa of Nigeria and Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana.

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. He was 95.

Nujoma has been called the country's founding father after leading the fight for independence from South Africa.