Okahandja — The Ovaherero people and other members of the community flocked to Okahandja over the weekend to pay homage to their fallen ancestors. With the annual commemoration in its 84th year, ...

Okandjira — THE unmarked graves of Ovaherero warriors who perished during the Battle of Okandjira against Imperial German forces may be marked with a monument, going by the positive response of the ...

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Germany has apologized for its role in the first genocide of the 20th century, which took place in Namibia, a former colony then known as German South West Africa. Between 1904 and 1908, German ...

A prominent Namibian traditional leader, Vekuii Rukoro, the paramount chief of the OvaHererero people who led international legal battles to bring Germany to pay reparations for its genocide in the ...

A previous version of this article mistakenly stated that Niema Movassat is the leader of the German Left Party. He is an MP of the German Left Party. Beneath the striking sandstone massif of the ...

How — and where — should victims collect reparations for a genocide? In New York, an effort to hold present-day Germany responsible for what is grimly called the first genocide of the 20th century hit ...

Two indigenous groups have filed a class-action against Germany seeking reparations for the genocide of their peoples by German colonial rulers over a century ago. The suit filed by the Ovaherero and ...

Namibian activists insist on direct negotiations with the German government over the genocide of 1904. The government says no - now the activists want to go to court. Their move is a sign that ...