Namibian president Hage Geingob was laid to rest in the country’s Heroes’ Acre cemetery on Sunday following a state funeral attended by African leaders, the German president and the Princess Royal. Mr Geingob died earlier this month aged 82 while receiving treatment for cancer. He was Namibia’s third president since it gained independence from apartheid […]
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday declared that Namibia had lost an “extraordinary leader” in President Hage Geingob who died, aged 82, in the early hours of Sunday morning. “President Geingob was a towering veteran of Namibia’s liberation from colonialism and apartheid,” he said in a statement. Referring to Namibia’s support during the South […]
Namibian President Hage Geingob has died while receiving medical treatment, his office has announced. The Namibian presidency said Mr Geingob’s medical team at Lady Pohamba Hospital did its best to help him, but he died with his wife, Monica Geingos, and children by his side. Angolo Mbumba, Namibia’s acting president, called for calm, saying on […]
Namibian President Hage Geingob died on Sunday while receiving medical treatment, his office announced. In a post on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, the Namibian presidency said Mr Geingob’s medical team at Lady Pohamba Hospital did its best to help him, but Mr Geingob died with his wife, Monica Geingos, and children by […]