NAMIBIA GENOCIDE

Subject: International Relations

Context: Germany officially recognizes colonial-era Namibia genocide

Concept:

Germany for the first time has recognised that it committed genocide against the Herero and Nama people in present-day Namibia during its colonial rule over a century ago.
It promised financial support of over a billion euros to the Southern African nation.
Between 1904 and 1908, German colonial settlers killed tens of thousands of men, women and children from the Herero and Nama tribes after they rebelled against colonial rule in what was then called German South West Africa.
While Germany has previously acknowledged the atrocities, they refused to pay direct reparations for many years.
After five years of negotiations between the two countries as they attempted to “heal the wounds”, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Friday announced a fund of €1.1 billion ($1.2 billion) to help aid community projects in Namibia.