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 ...

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 ...

Former members of the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (Plan) have described late founding president Sam Nujoma as a selfless leader. Nujoma died on Saturday in Windhoek at the age of 95.

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 ...

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 ...