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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kaamil Ahmed

Descendants of Namibia’s genocide victims call on Germany to ‘stop hiding’

A protest in Berlin in 2018
Protesters outside a ceremony in Berlin in 2018 to hand back to Namibia the remains of Herero and Nama people killed in the 1904-1908 genocide. Photograph: Christian Mang/Reuters

Descendants of victims of genocide in Namibia have called on Germany to “stop hiding” and discuss reparations with them directly, as they take their own government to court for making a deal without their approval.

The Herero and Nama people have gone to Namibia’s high court, rejecting an apology made in 2021 after years of talks between Namibia and Germany, which they say falls short of atoning for the 1904 to 1908 genocide, the first of the 20th century.

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