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, 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.

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.

JOHANNESBURG - The African National Congress (ANC) is scheduled to visit the Namibian Embassy in Pretoria to pay respects to the late president Sam Nujoma. Nujoma died last week after being hospitalised for three weeks due to an illness.

My wife and I were profoundly saddened to learn of the death of former President Sam Nujoma today.  President Nujoma’s contribution to history was

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.

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.

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

Sam Nujoma, the activist who led Namibia to independence and became its first president, has died at age 95. Namibia’s current president, Nangolo Mbumba, announced Nujoma’s death on Feb.