Akufo-Addo mourns passing of Namibia’s Nujoma

Tetteh Nyogmor
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Mr Akufo-Addo says Nujoma was "one of the heroes of African liberation"

Former Ghanaian president, Nana Akufo-Addo, has paid tribute to the late Sam Nujoma.

The former Namibian president died on 8 February 2025 at the age of 95.

He was the first president of independent Namibia.

Nujoma, according to the BBC, led the long fight for independence from South Africa in 1990 after helping found Namibia’s liberation movement known as the South West Africa People’s Organisation (Swapo) in the 1960s.

After independence, he became president in 1990 and led the country until 2005.

Nujoma had been hospitalised over the past three weeks with an illness from which he “could not recover”, Namibian President Nangolo Mbumba said in a statement announcing the death with “utmost sorrow and sadness”.

He “inspired us to rise to our feet and to become masters of this vast land of our ancestors,” President Mbumba said.

In a short statement, Mr Akufo-Addo, who left office in early January, wrote on his Facebook page that he was “deeply saddened” by the death of the founding president of Namibia, whom he described as “one of the heroes of African liberation.”

He said Nujoma’s “life would continue to be celebrated for his heroic leadership of the people of Namibia not only in the fight for independence from colonial rule, but in laying the foundation for a secure, prosperous and democratic nation.”

“I join the many Africans and others around the world in conveying my condolences to President Nangolo Mbumba and the people of Namibia, his widow, children and the leadership of his SWAPO party,” Mr Akufo-Addo added.

 

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