Namibia marked its first genocide remembrance day to honor the 75,000 victims of the German colonial massacre from 1904-1908, including 65,000 Herero and 10,000 Nama. The brutalities committed by German troops led to the near decimation of these populations. President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah reiterated calls for reparations from Germany, highlighting the complexity of ongoing negotiations since 2013. While Germany acknowledged the genocide and offered a 1.1 billion development fund, victims' descendants argue that this gesture is inadequate and demand direct negotiations.
Namibia’s president stated, "We should find a degree of comfort in the fact that the German government has agreed that German troops committed a genocide against the people of our land. We may not agree on the final quantum, but that is part of the complex negotiations we have been engaged in with the German government since 2013."
Descendants of genocide victims called on the German government to negotiate with them directly, emphasizing that the return of skulls and remains was not sufficient for reparations.
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