In 1904, chief Samuel Maharero led the Herero people in a revolt against exploitation and land appropriation by the Germans. In the same year, Namibia's Nama people also staged an uprising.

German colonisers killed tens of thousands of Herero and Nama people there in early 20th Century massacres. Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said his country was asking Namibia and victims' descendants ...

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login In 1904, the indigenous Herero people of German South West Africa (now Namibia) rebelled against their German occupiers. In the following ...

Southern Africa's sparsely populated desert nation of Namibia holds presidential and legislative elections Wednesday.

An estimated 65,000 of a total population of 80,000 Herero people, and a further 10,000 of the 20,000-strong Nama community, were slaughtered in Namibia between 1904 and 1908, as German settlers ...

German colonial settlers killed tens of thousands of indigenous Herero and Nama people in 1904-1908 massacres ... it had committed genocide in Namibia during its colonial occupation, with ...

In 2021 Berlin acknowledged committing genocide in Namibia. German colonisers massacred more than 70,000 Herero and Nama people between 1904 and 1908. Historians consider this to be the 20th ...

Namibia is holding elections today, with its history of genocide, SWAPO party leadership, drought challenges, and uranium ...