FILE – Namibia President Hage Geingob speaks throughout a plenary session on the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, on Dec. 1, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Namibian president has died in a hospital the place he was receiving remedy, his workplace mentioned Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024.

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FILE – Namibia President Hage Geingob speaks throughout a plenary session on the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, on Dec. 1, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Namibian president has died in a hospital the place he was receiving remedy, his workplace mentioned Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024.

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CAIRO — Namibian President Hage Geingob died Sunday whereas receiving medical remedy, his workplace introduced.

In a publish on the social media platform X, previously Twitter, the Namibian presidency mentioned Geingob’s medical staff at Lady Pohamba Hospital did its finest to assist him, however Geingob died along with his spouse, Monica Geingos, and kids by his facet.

Geingob was present process remedy for most cancers. The 82-year-old had a colonoscopy and a gastroscopy on Jan. 8, adopted by a biopsy, his workplace mentioned final month.

Angolo Mbumba, Namibia’s performing president, referred to as for calm, saying in the identical publish that the “Cabinet will convene with immediate effect in order to make the necessary state arrangements in this regard.”

Geingob, who was president of the southern African nation since 2015, was set to complete his second and remaining time period in workplace this 12 months. In 2014, he mentioned he had survived prostate most cancers.

Namibia is ready to carry elections to decide on a brand new chief in November.