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Africa: Germany's Colonial Past Catches Up With It
DW, 30 August 2020
The German colonial empire committed indescribable crimes in countries like Namibia, Tanzania and Burundi. A century on, former colonies are now demanding reparations, placing… Read more »
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Burundi: Burundi to Demand €36 Billion From Germany, Belgium for Colonial Rule - Report
DW, 16 August 2020
The East African country is a former German colony and lived under Belgian rule until gaining independence almost 60 years ago. A report says its leaders plan to ask the two… Read more »
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Namibia: LPM, Nudo Slam Ngavirue Genocide Talks
New Era, 14 August 2020
The Landless People's Movement (LPM) and the National Unity Democratic Organisation (Nudo) yesterday criticised the ongoing genocide negotiations between Namibia and the German… Read more »
Germany's Colonial Past in Africa Catches Up With It
More than a century since Germany's colonial empire committed numerous atrocities in Africa, the federal government is reportedly being forced to contend with its past head on. Beginning in 2015, negotiations have been ongoing between Namibia and Germany concerning reparations for the genocide of the Herero and Nama ethnic groups in the early 1900s. Between 1885 and 1919, Germany was the third-largest European colonial power in Africa after the United Kingdom and France. The German Empire stretched from South West Africa (modern-day Namibia) to German East Africa (which comprised the territory of today's Burundi, Rwanda, and Tanzania, excluding the island of Zanzibar), as well as areas in modern day Togo, Ghana and Cameroon.
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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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Namibian President Hage Geingob has turned down what they say was Germany's offer of €10 million (U.S.$11.7 million) in reparations for the genocide committed by the German ... Read more »
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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, ... 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 »
