President of Namibia, Hage Geingob, died this morning of February 4 at the age of 82. The presidency announced his death in the early hours of the morning, in the hospital where he was being treated for cancer.
He was a figure of the independence of country, and a staunch opponent of the apartheid regime. In the meantime, it is the vice-president, Nangolo Mbumba, who is acting as president. And he immediately named Netumbo Ndaitwahwah, 71, as his replacement.