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2025-05-28 00:59:12
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NAMIBIA TO MARK COLONIAL GENOCIDE FOR FIRST TIME WITH MEMORIAL DAY
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✍️ Namibia is marking its first national day of remembrance for the genocide of over 70,000 Africans by German colonizers in the early 20th century, despite Germany's reluctance to pay reparations.
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👉 Over 70,000 Africans were killed by German colonizers in the early 20th century
👉 Concentration camps and pseudoscientific experiments were used to torture and kill people
👉 Germany has offered €1.1bn in development aid, but Namibia has declined
👉 Namibia is seeking a formal apology and reparations
👉 The national day of remembrance will include a minute's silence and candlelight vigil
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#UahimisaKaapehi #ThomasCraemer #LotharvonTrotha #MarthaAkawa-Shikufa #HageGeingob #Namibia #Germany #Windhoek #Swakopmund #Gaza #Israel #world
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