Namibia is holding elections today, with its history of genocide, SWAPO party leadership, drought challenges, and uranium ...

when present-day Namibia was the German colony of South West Africa. Tens of thousands died as colonial forces brutally suppressed uprisings by two of the main peoples of the country, the Herero ...

Southern Africa's sparsely populated desert nation of Namibia holds presidential and legislative elections Wednesday.

The next administration must prioritise respect for human rights, transparency and accountability, prevent and combat corruption, and ensure that resources are distributed equitably to rebuild trust ...

German colonisers killed tens of thousands of Herero and Nama people there in early 20th Century massacres. Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said his country was asking Namibia and victims' descendants ...

Some 75,000 Herero and Nama were killed, according to estimates. The German government and the government of Namibia have long been negotiating a reconciliation agreement which provides for ...

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login In 1904, the indigenous Herero people of German South West Africa (now Namibia) rebelled against their German occupiers. In the following ...

However, the extent to which politicians still avoided acknowledging the genocide and crimes against humanity in the case of Namibia is illustrated by the handing over in 2011 of 20 Herero skulls to a ...

In 2021 Berlin acknowledged committing genocide in Namibia. German colonisers massacred more than 70,000 Herero and Nama people between 1904 and 1908. Historians consider this to be the 20th ...