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IN MEMORY OF NUJOMA | The crowd of mourners, including Presidents, former Presidents, and government officials from Namibia and beyond representing their various countries, leave the Heroes' Acre after the State Funeral of Founding President Sam Nujoma ended today. The funeral process of Nujoma brought together a nation mourning to pay respects to a man who had spent his whole life in service of the nation. He died on February 8 at 23:45 in Windhoek, Namibia, at the age of 95. Nujoma, a politici