After Germany defended Israel from charges of genocide, Namibia’s president cited a genocide that the Germans committed in Namibia when it was a German colony.

On May 28, 2025, Namibia will observe its first official Genocide Remembrance Day, marking the closure of German-run concentration camps in 1908. This commemoration honors the victims of the ...

Namibia on Wednesday held its first national commemoration for the victims of mass killings by colonial-era German troops, in what is widely recognised as the first genocide of the 20th century.

Namibia this week will hold its first national commemoration for victims of mass killings by German occupiers in what is widely recognised as the first genocide of the 20th century, the government ...

Von Francois was governor of the area, then known as German South West Africa, from 1891 to 1894. But historians and activists dispute the idea that Germans, who colonized Namibia from 1884 to ...

Namibia this week will holdits first national commemoration for victims of mass killings by German occupiers in what is widely recognised as the first genocide of the 20th century, the government ...

Lucia Witbooi, Vice President of Namibia, reacts during a ceremony as the country holds its first commemoration for victims of the Herero and Nama genocide, massacred by German colonial forces ...

A large crane lifted a colonial-era statue of German official Curt von Francois in Namibian capital Windhoek on Wednesday, as a crowd that gathered nearby clapped and hooted in delight. The 2.4 ...

German soldiers killed some 65,000 OvaHerero and 10,000 Nama people in 1904-1908 in what historians and the United Nations have long called the first genocide of the 20th century.

Authorities in Namibia have removed the statue of a German colonial officer regarded as the founder of the African nation’s capital city of Windhoek. According to BBC, the statue of Curt von ...

WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA — Namibia’s newly elected president is setting out the agenda for her coming administration, and one of the priorities may be removal of the red line, a remnant of Namibia ...