Sam Nujoma, the fiery freedom fighter who led Namibia to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990 and served as its president for 15 years, has died. He was 95.

Before independence in 1990, Mr. Nujoma directed a Cold War-era insurgency against South African control of the mineral-rich former German colony.

Sam Nujoma, the freedom fighter who became Namibia's founding president after leading the country to independence from apartheid South Africa, has died.

Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo has urged Namibians never to allow the labour of late Sam Nujoma be in vain. Nujoma, a revolutionary politician who served three terms as first President of Namibia from 1990 to 2005,

Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has described the late Sam Nujoma, Namibia’s first President, as a quintessential patriot and courageous leader who dedicated his life to the service of his nation.

Sam Nujoma, who has died aged 95, was the first president of Namibia and one of Africa’s renowned freedom fighters whose name was linked with men like Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa of Nigeria and Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana.

Sam Nujoma, the activist and guerrilla leader who became Namibia's first democratically elected president after it won its independence from apartheid South Africa, died aged 95 on Saturday, the Namibian Presidency said on Sunday.

My wife and I were profoundly saddened to learn of the death of former President Sam Nujoma today.  President Nujoma’s contribution to history was

Sam Nujoma, a former railway worker who served as Namibia’s president for 15 years after leading the diamond-rich nation’s struggle for independence, has died. He was 95.

Sam Nujoma, the fiery freedom fighter who led Namibia to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990 and served as its president for 15 years, has died.

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