Namibia has held its first Genocide Remembrance Day to commemorate tens of thousands of Herero and Nama people killed by German colonisers in the early 1900s, in what is widely considered the ...

WINDHOEK, Namibia — 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.

“On Namibian soil, #Germany committed the first genocide of the 20th century in 1904-1908, in which tens of thousands of innocent Namibians died in the most inhumane and brutal conditions ...

Genocide Remembrance Day in Namibia on Wednesday follows years of pressure on Germany to pay reparations. This new, national holiday is "a symbol of unity and reflection" but the country will ...

Turkey, Portugal, China and Qatar also among countries that will be attending The Hague Group’s ‘emergency summit’ in ...

Germany formally recognised the atrocities as a genocide in 2021 and suggested paying Namibia 1.1 billion euros (US$1.2 billion or HK$9.6 billion) over the course of 30 years to fund various projects.

Namibia has marked colonial genocide with a memorial day for the first time in history after years of pressure on Germany to pay reparations. Termed as “Germany’s forgotten genocide”, and ...

Namibia's government chose to mark Genocide Remembrance Day on May 28 because it was on that date that German colonial authorities ordered the closure of concentration camps.