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German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas. Berlin. May 25, 2021. Germany Finally Recognises Namibian Genocide And Offers 1.34 Billion U.S Dollar Development Fund
Germany s Foreign Minister Heiko Maas announced funding plans to compensate for the German genocide of the Herero and Nama nations between 1904 to1908.
The German government has officially announced that it is in the process of a supposed reparation deal with the Namibian government. This comes exactly a week after the Namibian government was accused of entering into a controversial deal with Germany. Germany will reportedly formally apologise in Namibia s parliament in June, a long overdue gesture considering that Germany initially disregarded the unjust deaths of 80 000 indigenous Namibian people. However, no financial reparations will be paid out to the direct descendants of the slain Herero-Nama people. Instead, they will fall under the bene
Deutschland will sich mit seiner früheren Kolonie aussöhnen. Es geht um ein Schuldeingeständnis, eine Bitte um Vergebung – und um einen Milliardenbetrag.
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Germany’s government acknowledged on Friday that it committed genocide during its colonial occupation of what is now Namibia and promised more than $1 billion in development projects in communities descended from victims.
28 May 2021
AFP Namibia said Germany’s acknowledgement on Friday that it had committed genocide during its colonial occupation of the southwest African country was a “step in the right direction.”
The announcement in Berlin culminates five years of negotiations over an issue that has poisoned relations for decades.
“The acceptance on the part of Germany that a genocide was committed is the first step in the right direction,” President Hage Geingob’s spokesman, Alfredo Hengari, told AFP.
“It is the basis for the second step, which is an apology, to be followed by reparations,” he said.
As rumours filtered that a deal was looming, affected ethnic groups had indicated in a statement last week that they would spurn any “meaningless and sell-out” agreement.