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

Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has described the late Sam Nujoma, Namibia’s first President, as a quintessential patriot and courageous leader who dedicated his life to the service of his nation.

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

Tributes have continued to pour in following the announcement that the first president of independent Namibia, Sam Nujoma, has died at the age of 95 in the

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 Nangolo Mbumba announces the death of the Sam Nujoma who led Namibia for 15 years.

Namibia's founding President Sam Nujoma died aged 95 on Saturday, the country's President Nangolo Mbumba announced in a statement on 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.

Namibia's founding father Sam Nujoma, who led his country's fight for independence from South Africa, died Saturday aged 95, the presidency announced.

Now, four decades after leading Namibia through a bitter guerrilla war against South Africa's racist apartheid government and on to independence, Nujoma has died aged 95. He died on Saturday after being in hospital for three weeks due to "ill health",