T he German government formally recognized colonial-era atrocities against the Herero and Nama people in modern-day Namibia for the first time, referring to the early 20th century massacres as ...

A memorial to the genocide of the Herero and Nama (1904-1907) committed by German colonial troops, is seen in the center of the Namibian capital, Windhoek, June 4, 2019.

On May 28, 2021, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas announced that Germany will recognize the atrocities against the Herero and Nama people as genocide and work towards genuine reconciliation in ...

Germany apologised on Friday for its role in the slaughter of Herero and Nama tribespeople in Namibia more than a century ago and officially described the massacre as genocide for the first time ...

More than 100 years after the crimes committed by the German colonial power in what is now Namibia, Germany has formally recognized the atrocities committed against the Herero and Nama ethnic ...

On Wednesday, Namibia commemorates for the first time the mass killings of Herero and Nama people, committed by Germany, at the beginning of the 20th century. The genocide, termed by historians as ...

More than a century ago, Germany carried out a systematic massacre. From 1904 to 1908, in what is now Namibia, the German colonial government killed about 80,000 Herero and Nama people.

Germany’s government acknowledged that it committed genocide during its colonial occupation of what is now Namibia and promised more than $1 billion in development projects in communities ...

Herero tribesmen are held in chains around 1904 or 1905. Namibia spent decades under German rule after World War I, gaining independence in 1990. Ullstein Bild / via Getty Images.

They say that about 65,000 Herero and at least 10,000 Nama were killed. Advertisement “In the light of Germany’s historical and moral responsibility, ...

From his humble Windhoek workshop, Namibia's leading fashion designer is keeping alive the love for the Herero people's traditional dress with horned headgear, a full-length skirt and a link to ...