Skulls of people from the Ovaherero and Nama tribes, which were taken by German colonial forces more than a century ago for racial experiments, are returned to Namibian tribal leaders during a ...

Skulls of Ovaherero and Nama people are displayed during a service attended by representatives of the tribes from Namibia in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011.

Namibia marks inaugural Genocide Remembrance Day with call for reparations. Germany has acknowledged early 1900s genocide of Herero and Nama people, but reparations remain elusive.

Namibia declined that offer ... Germany itself extracted its own so-called reparations from Ovaherero and Nama people who had fought back against the colonisers. This was paid in the form of livestock ...

German soldiers killed some 65,000 OvaHerero and 10,000 Nama people in 1904-1908 in what historians and the United Nations have long called the first genocide of the 20th century.

Erected in late 2023, the memorial stone pays tribute to the Nama and Ovaherero people who died on the island. The memorial is scattered amongst others. One commemorates the founder of the town, Adolf ...

Namibia has marked the mass killings of Indigenous people by former colonial ruler Germany in the early 20th century with its first genocide remembrance day. The day was declared a national holiday ...

WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) — 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.

WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) — 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.

WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) — 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.

Symbolic candles were lit at Wednesday's remembrance ceremony, which was also attended by leaders and descendants of the Herero and Nama people. Namibia chose May 28 as the day to mark the ...