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Namibia: Geingob Says Germany Ready to Apologize for Genocide - But When?
DW, 10 June 2020
Namibia's state media is feting President Geingob's announcement that Germany is ready to apologize for the colonial-era genocide against the Herero and Nama peoples. But that news… Read more »
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Namibia: Germany to Finally Apologise for Genocide
New Era, 5 June 2020
The German government has acknowledged the mass killings of the Nama and Ovaherero, more than 100 years ago as genocide and willing to apologise to affected communities, President… Read more »
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Namibia: Namibia Snubs N$180m Reparation Offer
Namibian, 9 June 2020
PRESIDENT Hage Geingob says the government had rejected an offer by the German government to pay Namibia €10 million (about N$180 million) as reparation for the 1904 to 1908… Read more »
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Namibia: State of The Nation Address by President
Government of Namibia, 4 June 2020
Honourable Professor Peter Katjavivi, Speaker of the National Assembly and Madame Katjavivi; Honourable Victoria Kauma, Vice Chairperson of the National Council; Right Honourable… Read more »
Geingob Says Germany Ready to Apologize for Genocide - But When?
The German government has acknowledged the mass killings of the Nama and Ovaherero, more than 100 years ago as genocide and is willing to apologise to affected communities, President Hage Geingob has said. Although Germany has previously acknowledged "moral responsibility" for the killings of up to 100,000 Namibians by its colonial troops in the early 1900s, it has avoided making an official apology for the massacres to avoid compensation claims.
InFocus
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Germeny's Economic cooperation and development minister Gerd Müller has said genocide reparation negotiations between the German and Namibian governments could soon be ... Read more »
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The President of the German Bundesrat Daniel Günther says his country is still haunted by the terror that Germany brought to the people of Namibia at the beginning of the 20th ... Read more »
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The German government has availed approximately N$2 billion (U.S.$149.1 million) in loans and grants for technical and financial cooperation projects and programmes - But Namibians ... Read more »
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New York Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain has dismissed a compensation lawsuit lodged against Germany by two Namibian tribes for genocide and property seizures in colonial times. ... Read more »
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Finally, Germany will hand back human remains seized from Namibia over a century ago after the slaughter of indigenous people under German colonial rule - but descendants of the ... Read more »
Prime Minister of the German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein and president of the Federal Council Daniel Günther at a Swakopmund graveyard monument erected to commemorate the victims of the colonial concentration camp there (file photo).
