Namibia's founder and first president dies at 95

Sam Nujoma led the country's 24-year-long war for independence from South African rule between 1966 and 1989

Sam Nujoma, a guerrilla leader who became the first president of Namibia after it gained independence in 1990, has died at the age of 95, the leader of the African nation has announced.

Nujoma passed away in a hospital in country's capital Windhoek on Friday, Namibian President Nango