Namibian President Hage Geingob dies aged 82
Hage GeingobNamibian President, Hage Geingob has died while receiving medical treatment at a hospital in the capital, Windhoek.Vice President Nangolo Mbumba announced that Geingob had died in the ear...
Namibian President, Hage Geingob has died while receiving medical treatment at a hospital in the capital, Windhoek.
Vice President Nangolo Mbumba announced that Geingob had died in the early hours of today.
“At his side was his dear wife Madame Monica Geingob and his children,” Mbumba said in a statement.
The 82-old leader had been diagnosed with cancer and revealed his diagnosis to the public last month.
His office announced he would be travelling to the US for treatment, but would return to Namibia on February 2.
Geingob became president in 2015 and was serving his second and final term in office.
He underwent an aortic operation last year, and in 2014, he revealed that he had survived prostate cancer.
Namibia is due to hold presidential and parliamentary elections in November.
The governing South West People’s Organisation, which has been in power since independence in 1990, has chosen Nandi-Ndaitwah as its presidential candidate.
She is currently also Namibia’s deputy prime minister, and will become the country’s first female president if she wins. - BBC
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