Namibia

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas. Germany will recognize colonial-era mass killings in Namibia as genocide and offer 1.1 billion euros (about R18 billion) in aid as a gesture of atonement, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said. German and Namibian negotiators concluded the agreement on Friday after more than five years of…

A memorial to the genocide of the Herero and Nama (1904-1907) committed by German colonial troops in the centre of the Namibian capital Windhoek. The inscription translates aloud: Your blood nourishes our freedom. Photo: Jürgen Bätz/dpa (Photo by Jürgen Bätz/picture alliance via Getty Images) Germany will fund projects in Namibia…

Human skulls from the Herero and ethnic Nama people are displayed during a ceremony in Berlin, Germany, August 29, 2018, to hand back human remains from Germany to Namibia following the 1904-1908 genocide against the Herero and Nama . REUTERS/Christian Mang/File Photo Germany has agreed to fund projects in Namibia…

PRESIDENT Hage Geingob and first lady Monica Geingos are in self-isolation after testing positive for Covid-19 and are in "good spirits". The Presidency announced on Thursday morning that the first couple had tested positive on Wednesday, 26 May. "The president and the first lady are in good spirits and self-isolating…

Namibia on Tuesday issued emergency travel documents to the twin daughters of a gay couple who have been battling to take them home following their birth to a surrogate in South Africa, one of the fathers told Reuters. Namibian Phillip Luhl and his Mexican husband Guillermo Delgado had already been…

Twin babies are allowed to go home to Namibia. (Screengrab) Emergency travel documents were issued for twin daughters of a gay couple.The couple had been struggling to take them home after their surrogate gave birth in South Africa.Namibian authorities say their father must prove a generic link to the children.Namibia…

AN application by Canadian oil and gas company Reconnaissance Africa (ReconAfrica) for occupational land rights in two areas of the Kavango East region has been met with criticism by local communities and environmental activists, who have been given a week to lodge their objections. Local groups say the objection period…

Nine students from different African universities were winners of a competition on nuclear energy. Namibian students also took part in the sixth annual competition organised by the Russian state Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom. The winners of the online video competition is titled 'Atoms Empowering Africa' were announced at the special…

Potential Chinese naval base on Africa’s Atlantic coast ‘concerns me greatly’, General Stephen Townsend says Beijing has approached several countries about establishing a naval facility that would help it base warships in the Atlantic as well as Pacific, he says Topic |   Diplomacy E3B1C256-BFCB-4CEF-88A6-1DCCD7666635 Published: 4:01pm, 6 May, 2021 Updated: 9:33pm,…

A trans woman, who was recently arrested at Outjo, claims she was subjected to transphobic harassment and police brutality while in custody, including having her wig pulled off, being forced to strip and bite off her nail and toe tips. Patrick Bowe (25), who prefers to be referred to as…