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.

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 ...

Genocide Remembrance Day in Namibia on Wednesday follows years of pressure on Germany to pay reparations. This new, national holiday is "a symbol of unity and reflection" but the country will ...

Namibia has marked colonial genocide with a memorial day for the first time in history after years of pressure on Germany to pay reparations. Termed as “Germany’s forgotten genocide”, and ...

Germany formally recognised the atrocities as a genocide in 2021 and suggested paying Namibia 1.1 billion euros (US$1.2 billion or HK$9.6 billion) over the course of 30 years to fund various projects.

Namibia's government chose to mark Genocide Remembrance Day on May 28 because it was on that date that German colonial authorities ordered the closure of concentration camps.

Namibia's president said more needed to be done to reach an agreement on reparations.Namibia held a national day of commemoration on Wednesday for the ... Namibia marks first Genocide Remembrance Day.

In early December 2024 the German and Namibian governments concluded negotiations over a joint declaration recognising the genocide committed by the German empire in South West Africa.