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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sonja Smith

Namibia holds its first genocide remembrance day to mark mass killings by colonial ruler Germany

Namibia marked the mass killings of Indigenous people in the early 20th century by former colonial ruler Germany with its first genocide remembrance day on Wednesday.

The day was declared a national holiday last year by the government and was commemorated for the first time with a ceremony in the gardens of the national Parliament in the capital, Windhoek.

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