Namibia rejects Germany compensation for colonial period genocide
WINDHOEK,Namibia.(News of the South)- Namibian President Hage Geingob called the offer made by German as compensation for mass killings of indigenous people during colonialism as unacceptable.
Colonial troops of German killed thousands of the Herero and Mama people in 5 years from 1904 to 1908 to thwart anti-colonial rebellion.
Media reports from the former German colony reveal that 75% of the Herero population and half of the Nama population died.
German and Namibia have held eight rounds of negotiations from 2015 to finalise the compensation.
The Namibian negotiating team led by special envoy Zed Ngavirue briefed the Namibian President about the negotiations.
“The current offer for reparations made by the German Government remains an outstanding issue and is not acceptable to the Namibian Government,” the president said in a statement.
He added that Germany has agreed to apologise in principle but declines to accept the term “reparations”, while Namibia finds the terminology “healing the wounds” inadequate, the statement added.
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