Namibia's Vice-President Nangolo Mbumba is sworn in as president following the death on Sunday of previous president Hage Geingob, a veteran of the country's liberation struggle, who died at the age of 82, on Sunday. teleSUR
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00:00 Namibia's Vice President Nangolo Mumba is sworn in as president following the death
00:05 on Sunday of previous President Heg Gengob, a veteran of the country's liberation struggle,
00:12 who died at the age of 82 on Sunday.
00:15 Tributes to the 82-year-old statesman poured in from African leaders who saw him as a hero
00:22 of the anti-Apartheid struggle.
00:24 Recently, Gengob supported South Africa's complaint against Israel on the Degenocide
00:30 Convention and condemned Namibia's former colonial ruler Germany for opposing the case.
00:36 Serving his second term as president, he revealed last month that he was being treated for cancer.
00:42 Former Vice President Nangolo Mumba was inaugurated as Gengob's successor as president on Sunday,
00:49 along with new Vice President Netumbo Nandi Daidwa.
00:52 "During this difficult period of mourning, I urge all Namibians to remain united and
01:07 to keep the believed family, the believed Gengob family and clan in our prayers.
01:16 I take on this heavy mantle, cognizant of the weight of this responsibility, to serve
01:31 all people of Namibia with utmost dedication and commitment in the service of all citizens."