Namibia’s president and anti-apartheid activist Hage Geingob dies at 82

By FARAI MUTSAKA
Associated Press

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Namibia’s president and founding prime minister Hage Geingob has died at age 82 while receiving treatment for cancer. The southern African nation has sworn in his deputy to complete the remaining time in office. Geingob played a central role in one of Africa’s most stable democracies after returning from a long exile in Botswana and the United States as an anti-apartheid activist. He was the country’s third president since it gained independence in 1990 following more than a century of German and apartheid South African rule. Soft-spoken but firm on advancing Africa’s agenda in world affairs, Geingob maintained close relations with a range of global powers.