Former head of state Sam Nujoma once again blamed colonialism, foreign occupation and mass media as "foreign influences" which in his view are destroying African culture. Speaking at the opening dinner of a conference organised by the Council of Churches in Namibia (CCN) in Windhoek last weekend, Nujoma said an example of such influences was "the promotion of sexual relations between or among persons of the same sex". According to Nujoma, some church leaders in the world, "including Namibia, have become perpetrators of this horrendous behaviour that sometimes targets even minor children". Nujoma called on the Namibia society to unite, "act firmly, condemn and reject in the strongest terms this foreign destructive and anti-social behaviour". Nujoma then said that "the enemy" was among Namibians to destroy them and that some people were "spies of imperialism". He did not explain what he meant with this outburst.