{"id":18294,"date":"2024-02-04T11:00:32","date_gmt":"2024-02-04T11:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=18294"},"modified":"2024-02-04T11:00:32","modified_gmt":"2024-02-04T11:00:32","slug":"namibian-president-hage-geingob-passes-away-after-medical-treatment-in-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/02\/04\/namibian-president-hage-geingob-passes-away-after-medical-treatment-in-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Namibian President Hage Geingob Passes Away After Medical Treatment in U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a somber announcement, Vice-President Nangolo Mbumba confirmed the passing of Namibian President Hage Geingob at the age of 82. President Geingob had recently returned from a U.S. medical trip for &#8220;treatment therapy&#8221; related to cancerous cells.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Despite efforts by his medical team, President Geingob succumbed to his health challenges at Lady Pohamba Hospital in Windhoek, Namibia, with his family by his side. The announcement described the late president as a &#8220;distinguished servant of the people, a liberation struggle icon, the chief architect of our constitution, and the pillar of the Namibian house.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>President Geingob, who served as Namibia&#8217;s third president since 2014, was diagnosed with cancer last month, revealing a history of health issues, including brain surgery in 2013 and surviving prostate cancer. The nation mourns the loss of a leader who played a pivotal role in Namibia&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Namibia, gearing up for presidential and parliamentary elections in November, faces the task of navigating this significant transition in leadership.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a somber announcement, Vice-President Nangolo Mbumba confirmed the passing of Namibian President Hage Geingob at the age of 82. President Geingob had recently returned from a U.S. medical trip for &#8220;treatment therapy&#8221; related to cancerous cells. &nbsp; Despite efforts by his medical team, President Geingob succumbed to his health challenges at Lady Pohamba Hospital [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":18295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18294"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18296,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18294\/revisions\/18296"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}