Namibia’s President Nangolo Mbumba opened the tributes and called Nujoma “the most distinguished son of the soil”. He was a ...

Sam Nujoma, Namibia’s founding president who steered the country to freedom from apartheid South Africa, has been laid to ...

Namibia's Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a challenge against last year's presidential election brought by opposition parties, clearing the way for the ruling party's Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah to take ...

Revered as the ‘Father of the Nation’ and a central figure in Namibia’s fight for independence, Sam Nujoma was widely ...

Dr Nchimbi was speaking on Friday, February 28, 2025, at an event honouring Namibia’s first President and Father of the Nation, Dr Sam Shafiishuna Nujoma in Windhoek, Namibia ...

In February, the Namibian cabinet endorsed the incorporation of the SWAPO manifesto into government policies, with ...

Vice President Kashim Shettima attended the funeral of Sam Nujoma, Namibia's first president and one of the country's ...

The Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) has said it does not recognise the results of the November elections, won by the ruling SWAPO party which has been in power since independence in 1990.

Nairobi Kenya — Deputy President Kithure Kindki is set to jet out to Windhoek for the burial of Namibia's founding ... movement known as the Southwest Africa People's Organisation (Swapo) in the 1960s ...

Namibian and ruling Swapo party President Sam Nujoma speaks during an election rally in Windhoek, Namibia, Nov. 13, 2004. Credit: AP/Themba Hadebe His casket, draped in the Namibian flag with the ...

WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP ... Nujoma returned to Namibia to lead the liberation movement SWAPO in the U.N.-supervised elections in November 1989 that subsequently elevated him to the country ...