Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Members of the Herero ethnic group in traditional dress take part in the commemoration of the genocide by German colonial powers.

On January 12, Germany said it will intervene on Israel’s behalf in the genocide case brought against it by South Africa at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over its war on Gaza. “The German ...

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. The day was ...

German imperialism was responsible for the first genocide of the 20th century in its Namibian colony. The country’s socialist movement spoke out vehemently against the atrocities, offering solidarity ...

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 first ...

Windhoek, Mar 18 (AFP) Namibia is to launch a 30-billion-dollar (28-billion-euro) lawsuit against Germany over genocide committed during colonial rule, when tens of thousands of people were killed, ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German minister has described the slaughter of Herero and Nama tribespeople in Namibia more than a century ago as genocide, one of the most senior government members to use the ...

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 ...

The distance between Gaza and Namibia is measured in the thousands of kilometers. But the historical distance is much closer. This is precisely why Namibia was one of the first countries to take a ...

Every nation chooses the days that shape its memory, just like we did with Cassinga, Heroes Day, May Day, Women's/Human Rights Day, the Day of the African Child, and Africa Day. These are the dates ...