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Former Namibian first lady Penehupifo Pohamba dies

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Former Namibian first lady Penehupifo Pohamba dies

Penehupifo Pohamba, Namibia’s former first lady, has died aged 78 in a hospital in the north of the country. The wife of former president Hifikepunye Pohamba and first lady from 2005 to 2015, she advocated women’s empowerment and the fight against violence, her son Waldheim Shiluwa confirmed to The Namibian.

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