Swapo decided at its retreat in Windhoek in December to hold its extraordinary congress on 28 February to endorse Nandi-Ndaitwah as party president. The vice president position will remain vacant.

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

Like many African leaders of his era, he was shaped by the struggle for resistance against colonial oppression. This was no ...

The first president of independent Namibia, Sam Nujoma, has died at the age of 95 in the capital Windhoek ... but continued to lead the party before stepping down in 2007 as president of the ruling ...

The first president of independent Namibia, Sam Nujoma, has died at the age of 95 in the capital Windhoek ... lead the party before stepping down in 2007 as president of the ruling Swapo party ...

WINDHOEK (Reuters ... apartheid and German colonial rule, Nujoma's SWAPO party oversaw a national reconciliation programme under the motto "One Namibia, One Nation". In his speeches, Nujoma ...

Nujoma was Namibia's first democratically elected president Presidency says Namibia's foundations "have been shaken" Nujoma leaves behind complex legacy WINDHOEK ... Nujoma's SWAPO party oversaw ...