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Namibia bids final farewell to founding president


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The late Namibian founding president Sam Nujoma, who died 3 weeks ago aged 95, will be laid to rest in a state funeral TODAY, which has been declared a national holiday.  Nujoma, a guerilla who headed the South West Africa People's Organisation - SWAPO - which led the liberation struggle, was the country's first president after it won independence from South Africa in 1990. He will be laid to rest at the National Heroes Acre in the capital Windhoek. Udo Carelse spoke to Namibian journalist, Isack Hamata in Namibia...

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