German colonial settlers killed tens of thousands of indigenous Herero and Nama people in 1904-1908 massacres -- labelled the first genocide of the 20th century by historians. [AFP] Germany for the ...

Namibia has issued fresh calls for reparations from Germany as Namibia marked its first national Genocide Remembrance Day Wednesday. Between 1904 and 1908, German colonial invaders killed up to ...

Jan. 14 (UPI) --Namibian President Hage G. Geingob blasted Germany on Saturday for defending Israel at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, pointing to the genocide Germany itself ...

BERLIN/WINDHOEK (Reuters) -Germany apologised on Friday for its role in the slaughter of Herero and Nama tribespeople in Namibia more than a century ago and officially described the massacre as ...

BERLIN (AP) — Germany is officially recognizing the colonial-era massacre of tens of thousands of people in Namibia as genocide and has agreed to provide funding to help the communities affected.

WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) — Namibia marked the mass killings of Indigenous people in the early 20th century by former colonial ruler Germany with its first genocide remembrance day on Wednesday. The day ...

Namibia's President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (C) lights a candle during the Genocide Remembrance Day at the Parliament Gardens in Windhoek on May 28, 2025. [AFP] President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah ...

German soldiers killed some 65,000 Herero and 10,000 Nama people in a 1904-1908 campaign after a revolt against land seizures by colonists in what historians and the United Nations have long called ...

In the foothills of the Namib Desert, even the good rains of 2025 have barely left a trace. Only a few mountains offer a contrast to the grayish-brown desert landscape. But it is here, about 120 ...