Germany rules out reparations for Namibian genocide

Between 1904 and 1908 tens of thousands of indigenous people were shot, starved, and tortured to death by German troops in what is now Namibia. The Herero and Nama tribes were the victims of this colonial genocide and their descendants today are demanding reparations. As a part of the formal apology to Namibia for the atrocities committed against their people in the beginning of the 20 century, Germany is set to make additional aid payments towards infrastructure, healthcare and job-training programmes in areas of Namibia populated by the descendants of the Herero and Nama tribes. However such payments do not amount to reparations in the legal definition of the word, meaning that individual compensations will not be part of the scheme.