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‘Germany’s genocide reparations not enough’

‘Germany’s genocide reparations not enough’

GERMANY’S offer to fund projects in Namibia worth more than a billion euros ($1.22 billion) over 30 years to atone for its role in genocide and property seizures in its-then colony more than a century ago is not enough, according to Namibian Vice President Nangolo Mbumba. "No amount of money in any currency can truly compensate the life of a human being," Mbumba told journalists as Windhoek officially briefed the nation on the outcome of six years of negotiations with Germany which concluded last month. "We need to recognise that the amount of 1.1 billion euros agreed upon between the…
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Germany to atone for Namibian colonial horrors

Germany to atone for Namibian colonial horrors

NYASHA NYAUNGWA GERMANY has agreed to fund projects in Namibia worth more than a billion euros over 30 years to atone for its role in genocide and property seizures in its-then colony more than a century ago, a Namibian government spokesman has announced. Thousands of Herero and Nama people were killed by German colonial forces between 1904 and 1908, after the tribes rebelled against German rule in the colony, then named German South West Africa. Survivors were driven into the desert, where many ended up in concentration camps to be used as slave labour and many died from cold, malnutrition…
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