Cuba declares three-day mourning period in honour of Nujoma

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2025-02-11

WINDHOEK, 06 February 2013 - Students who studied in Cuba standing at the house of the former Minister of Education late Abraham Iyambo in Hockland Park during the first memorial service. (Photo by: Joseph Nekaya) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 11 FEB (NAMPA) – Cuba’s President Miguel Díaz-Canel has declared a three-day mourning period as from 10 February in honour of Founding President Sam Nujoma, describing him as “a dear friend of Cuba.”
Nujoma died at a hospital in Windhoek on Saturday. He was 95.
Díaz-Canel in a statement said throughout his life, Nujoma demonstrated a special affection for Cuba and support for the Cuban Revolution, from the stage in which he led Namibian...

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