Namibia's President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (2nd R) lights a candle in remembrance of the genocide by German colonial powers. For the first time, Namibia holds a national day of remembrance for the ...

The genocide in what is now Namibia lasted from 1904 to 1908 Dubbed "Germany's forgotten genocide", and described by historians as the first genocide of the 20th Century, the systematic murder of more ...

Germany has apologized for its role in the first genocide of the 20th century, which took place in Namibia, a former colony then known as German South West Africa. Between 1904 and 1908, German ...

Germany had promised an apology to Namibia for colonial-era genocide before general elections in September this year. But negotiations between both governments drag ...

Namibia marked its first Genocide Remembrance Day on Wednesday, recalling the victims of German colonial rule with a ceremony attended by thousands in the gardens of the parliament building in ...