Namibia’s president to undergo treatment after ‘cancerous cells’ found

Hage Geingob, who is serving his second term, was first elected as president in 2014 after spending 12 years as the country's longest-serving prime minister [File: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg via Getty Images]

Namibian President Hage Geingob will start treatment for cancer after routine medical checkups led to the detection of “cancerous cells”, his office has said.

In a statement from the Namibian Presidency on Friday, it said that “as part of regular annual medical examinations” the 82-year-old leader had a colonoscopy and a gastroscopy on January 8, followed by a biopsy.