U.S. Court Looks into German Genocide in Namibia

Traditional leaders and their lawyers are meeting with a U.S. judge to discuss whether a possible class-action suit can be lodged against Germany for the genocide of the Herero people.

German soldiers loading skulls and bones of massacred Herero into a casket for shipping to Germany.

  • Namibia:   Groups Split Over Genocide Claims

    Namibian, 2 March 2017

    ONE of the groups claiming to represent the Nama, Ovaherero and Ovambanderu people in the genocide reparation claims yesterday told President Hage Geingob that Ovaherero leader… Read more »

  • Namibia:   Dispute Over U.S. Genocide Lawsuit

    Namibian, 20 January 2017

    THE Ovaherero, Ovambanderu and Nama Council for Dialogue on the 1904 genocide said it is not party to the lawsuit filed in the USA against Germans to seek restorative justice for… Read more »

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