“The founding father” of Namibia, Sam Nujoma, dies at 95.

Sam Nujoma, activist and guerrilla leader who became the first democratic elected Namibian president after gaining her independence from South Africa's apartheid, died Saturday at the age of 95, the Namibian Presidency said Sunday.

Nujoma rose to the top of the country with the small population of South Africa on March 21, 1990, and was officially known as “the Constitutional Father of the Namibian Nation” through a 2005 parliamentary act.

Gratitude was balanced by domestic and international criticism for its intolerance to critical media coverage, homosexuality and the 1998 constitutional amendment, which allowed him to run for a third term, Reuters reports.

He was a longtime ally of Zimbabwe's powerful Robert Mugabe, supporting the sequencing of Mugabe's land by white farmers, although Nujoma at home stood by the policy of “buyers ready, sellers ready”.

“The keys of the Republic of Namibia have been shaken,” posted the presidency in X.

Our honored leader, Dr. Not only did Nujoma open the trail to freedom but he also inspired us to stand up and become masters of this great land of our forefathers. ”

The presidency said Nujoma had been admitted to hospital for the past three weeks, adding: “Unfortunately, this time, the bravest son of our land could not be cured of his”