Tag: Sam Nujoma
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Sam Nujoma, enthusiastically celebrated in Nigeria – By Owei Lakemfa
Samuel Shafiishuna Daniel Nujoma was on the verge of an historic victory on November 11, 1989. The votes for the first democratic elections in Namibia, his long suffering country, were being counted. The colonial South African Apartheid regime was billed to grant independence in March 1990.
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First president of Namibia, Sam Nujoma is dead
First president of Namibia, Sam Nujoma, the fiery freedom fighter who led Namibia to independence from apartheid South Africa and German colonial rule in 1990 and served as its first president for 15 years, has died aged 95. His demise was announced Sunday by current Namibian President Nangolo Mbumba, who said Nujoma died on Saturday…