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Hailed as Namibia\u2019s \u201cfounding father\u201d, Nujoma passed away on Saturday night following a three-week hospitalisation in the capital, Windhoek, according to the Namibian presidency.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe foundations of the Republic of Namibia have been shaken,\u201d the presidency said in a Facebook post announcing his death. There will be a period of \u201cnational mourning\u201d, it added.<\/p>\n
Nujoma was revered in his homeland as a charismatic father figure who steered his country to democracy and stability after long colonial rule by Germany and a bitter war of independence from South Africa.<\/p>\n
He was the last of a generation of African leaders who led their countries out of colonial or white minority rule that included South Africa\u2019s Nelson Mandela, Zimbabwe\u2019s Robert Mugabe, Zambia\u2019s Kenneth Kaunda and Mozambique\u2019s Samora Machel.<\/p>\n
Nujoma headed the South West Africa People\u2019s Organisation (SWAPO) that led the liberation struggle since its inception in 1960.<\/p>\n
While SWAPO has remained in power since independence, Nujoma finally quit in 2007 at the age of 78, two years after standing down from the presidency.<\/p>\n
Many Namibians credited Nujoma\u2019s leadership for the process of national healing and reconciliation after the deep divisions caused by the independence war and South Africa\u2019s policies of dividing the country into ethnically based regional governments.<\/p>\n
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