https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed When you think of German speaking minorities, this southwest African country may not be the first to come to mind. Though the relationship between Namibia and Germany is fraught, the influence of German culture can still be seen across Namibia’s urban areas.  https://www.thelocal.de/20210624/namdeutsch-how-has-the-german-colonial-period-left-its-mark-on-namibian-culture Thu, 24 Jun 2021 19:10:47 +0200 namdeutsch-how-has-the-german-colonial-period-left-its-mark-on-namibian-culture Germany for the first time on Friday recognised it had committed genocide in Namibia during its colonial occupation, with Berlin promising financial support worth more than one billion euros to aid projects in the African nation. https://www.thelocal.de/20210528/germany-officially-recognises-it-committed-genocide-in-namibia-during-colonial-rule Fri, 28 May 2021 13:56:28 +0200 germany-officially-recognises-it-committed-genocide-in-namibia-during-colonial-rule At time when Black Lives Matter protests have spread around the world, not least to Germany, there is a growing debate about how Germany should deal with its colonial legacy. https://www.thelocal.de/20200724/colonialism-how-berlin-is-grappling-with-germanys-other-guilty-past Fri, 24 Jul 2020 18:55:47 +0200 colonialism-how-berlin-is-grappling-with-germanys-other-guilty-past Many people wouldn’t expect to hear German spoken outside of central Europe. Yet today it is preserved, in its own dialect, in communities stretching from Texas to Namibia. https://www.thelocal.de/20180911/the-surprising-places-around-the-world-where-german-is-still-spoken Tue, 11 Sep 2018 16:02:58 +0200 the-surprising-places-around-the-world-where-german-is-still-spoken A German museum was set to announce Friday that it would restitute to Namibia a key 15th-century navigation landmark erected by Portuguese explorers, as part of Berlin's efforts to face up to its colonial past. https://www.thelocal.de/20190517/germany-returns-15th-century-seafarer-cross-to-namibia Fri, 17 May 2019 10:49:42 +0200 germany-returns-15th-century-seafarer-cross-to-namibia Berlin will on Wednesday hand back human remains seized from Namibia a century ago after the slaughter of indigenous people under German colonial rule, but descendants are still waiting for an apology. https://www.thelocal.de/20180829/germany-to-return-human-remains-from-namibian-genocide Wed, 29 Aug 2018 11:33:30 +0200 germany-to-return-human-remains-from-namibian-genocide A US judge on Tuesday heard arguments from lawyers representing the German government and indigenous groups from Namibia but deferred a decision on whether to hear a lawsuit demanding reparations for colonial genocide. https://www.thelocal.de/20180801/us-judge-defers-ruling-on-whether-to-hear-namibia-genocide-case Wed, 01 Aug 2018 11:40:23 +0200 us-judge-defers-ruling-on-whether-to-hear-namibia-genocide-case The German government said Friday it had asked a US court to throw out a lawsuit brought by indigenous groups from Namibia seeking reparations for the genocide of their peoples under German colonial rule. https://www.thelocal.de/20180126/germany-asks-us-court-to-drop-namibian-genocide-suit Fri, 26 Jan 2018 15:21:47 +0100 germany-asks-us-court-to-drop-namibian-genocide-suit On a thin strip of land at the bay of Lüderitz in southern Namibia are dozens of gravestones bearing the names of each German soldier killed during a largely forgotten colonial war. https://www.thelocal.de/20170721/nambian-tribe-compensation-genocide-herero Fri, 21 Jul 2017 11:34:09 +0200 nambian-tribe-compensation-genocide-herero Germany has proposed a German-Namibian future foundation and structural fund as part of its atonement for the injustices of the German colonization of southwest Africa. https://www.thelocal.de/20170323/germany-announces-atonement-for-genocide-and-colonisation-in-namibia Thu, 23 Mar 2017 17:00:33 +0100 germany-announces-atonement-for-genocide-and-colonisation-in-namibia Representatives of two indigenous groups have filed a class action suit in New York against Germany, seeking reparations for an alleged genocide of their peoples by German colonial rulers over a century ago in what is now Namibia. https://www.thelocal.de/20170106/namibia-indigenous-groups-sue-germany-for-alleged-genocide Fri, 06 Jan 2017 09:42:43 +0100 namibia-indigenous-groups-sue-germany-for-alleged-genocide Indigenous Namibians lashed out Friday at Germany for refusing to pay reparations for the genocide of their people a century ago, calling it a "phenomenal" insult to victims' descendants. https://www.thelocal.de/20161014/indigenous-namibians-furious-over-german-reparations-insult Fri, 14 Oct 2016 16:21:38 +0200 indigenous-namibians-furious-over-german-reparations-insult Germany plans to formally apologise to Windhoek for the genocide of indigenous Namibians a century ago, a foreign ministry spokeswoman said Wednesday, but added the move would not carry any obligation of reparations. https://www.thelocal.de/20160713/germany-to-apologize-for-namibian-genocide Wed, 13 Jul 2016 16:45:56 +0200 germany-to-apologize-for-namibian-genocide The speaker of the German parliament on Wednesday said the slaughter of indigenous Namibians a century ago constituted a "genocide" that stemmed from a "race war". https://www.thelocal.de/20150708/a-century-on-germany-speaks-of-genocide-in-namibia Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:31:45 +0200 a-century-on-germany-speaks-of-genocide-in-namibia A national commemoration on Wednesday for 20 Namibian skulls seized by Imperial Germany a century ago provoked emotional calls for reparations for colonial-era abuses. https://www.thelocal.de/20111006/38031 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:40:00 +0200 38031 Thousands of Namibia's ethnic Hereros and Namas gave an heroic welcome Tuesday to 20 skulls of their ancestors returned from Germany, where colonial authorities had taken them a century ago. https://www.thelocal.de/20111004/37987 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:45:00 +0200 37987 A Namibian delegation will reclaim about 20 human skulls used by colonial-era scientists in Germany who sought to prove the racial superiority of whites over black people. https://www.thelocal.de/20110926/37827 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:46:00 +0200 37827 A leopard not previously thought to be dangerous has killed a member of a German television crew making an episode of a popular series in Namibia, production company ndF said. https://www.thelocal.de/20110317/33777 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 09:02:00 +0100 33777 A court formally charged a senior officer in Namibia's airport police on Monday for placing a fake bomb at the country's airport to be put on a Germany-bound plane last week, but postponed his case. https://www.thelocal.de/20101122/31335 Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:25:00 +0100 31335 Namibian police have hindered a possible terrorist attack on a flight from Windhoek to Munich, Federal Criminal Police (BKA) said Thursday. A suspected explosive device was found in a piece of luggage discovered as the LTU/Air Berlin flight was being loaded. https://www.thelocal.de/20101118/31257 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:23:00 +0100 31257