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.

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

Revered as "father of the nation" and the icon of Namibia's liberation struggle, Sam Nujoma lived up to these expectations in more ways than one. His warm, broad smile and easy-going manner made him likeable and accessible.

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, 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, 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, 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.

Born on May 12, 1929, at Etunda village, Omusati Region, in northwestern Namibia, Nujoma served as the country's first president from 1990 to 2005

Sam Nujoma, the first president of Namibia and leader of its liberation movement, died at 95 in its capital city.

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