Sam Nujoma, Namibia's founding president who steered the country to freedom from apartheid South Africa, has been laid to rest in the country's Heroes Acre cemetery following a state funeral attended ...

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 ...

Join our Whatsapp channel WINDHOEK: Thou­sands of Namibians and ... he said of the man who headed the South West People’s Organisa­tion (SWAPO) that led the liberation struggle.

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 ...

FILE: President of Namibian SWAPO Sam Nujoma gestures during a press ... Picture: ALEXANDER JOE / AFP WINDHOEK - Thousands of Namibians and dignitaries gathered Saturday to mourn the country's ...

He banded with black workers in Windhoek who were resisting a government ... the same year he was elected to head SWAPO which launched an armed struggle six years later after South Africa refused ...

He banded with black workers in Windhoek who were resisting a government ... the same year he was elected to head SWAPO which launched an armed struggle six years later after South Africa refused ...

A memorial service was held at Independence Stadium in Windhoek on February 28 ... after helping found Namibia's liberation movement, SWAPO, in the 1960s. He subsequently became president in ...

His funeral took place at Heroes' Acre, a memorial outside the capital, Windhoek, dedicated to those ... of the South West People's Organization (SWAPO), which six years later began an armed ...

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 ...