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Germany Pays 1.1 Billion To Namibia In Genocide Reparations
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas. Pic: Tobias Schwarz/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
Germany officially acknowledged its role in perpetuating genocide in Namibia in the past and has agreed to pay the state 1.1 billion dollars over the next 30 years.
Like many other European countries at the time, Germany possessed a colony in South West Africa (modern day Namibia) in the early part of the 20th century and was responsible for killing up to 110,000 people in the region.
This announcement from the German Foreign Minister comes only hours after France made a similar remark in relation to the role they played in the lead up to and during Rwandan Genocide.
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A Spanish NH90 helicopter.
Spain will later this year send NH90 helicopters to Mali where they will support the European Union Training Mission (EUTM) in Mali. It will be Spain’s first overseas deployment with the type.
Airbus Helicopters said the Spanish Army received its first NH90 tactical troop transport helicopters (TTH) in September 2016. Since then, a total of 14 NH90s have been delivered in the Standard 1 and 2 configurations. Now that they are fully operational, these helicopters will be undertaking their first overseas deployment in the coming months to Mali.
The NH90s operated by the BHELMA III (3rd Manoeuvre Helicopter Battalion) of the FAMET (Spanish Army Airmobile Force) will be tasked with providing tactical transport, support for special operations forces, combat recovery and combat search and rescue, electronic warfare, logistics support, medical evacuation operations and fire support with their two M3M MK3 12.7 mm machine g
28 april 2021 - 20:47:33 KND/WA Panafrican News Agency
Malian Armed Forces neutralized 26 terrorists in center of country
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Armed Forces (FAMAs), supported by the French Barkane force, neutralized Monday 26 terrorists, destroyed two pickups, recovered another one from them, and seized a large quantity of weapons in Niono in the centre of Mali, said a press release received here Wednesday by PANA