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Namibia's President Hage Geingob, 82, dies after cancer diagnosis

President Hage Gottfried Geingob

Namibia's President Hage Gottfried Geingob looks on during a session of the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town, South Africa, September 5, 2019. 

Photo credit: Sumaya Hisham | Reuters

By  Reuters

Johannesburg,

Namibia's President Hage Geingob, 82, died in hospital early on Sunday, the presidency said, weeks after he was diagnosed with cancer.

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