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September 23, 2021

Protesters in Namibia Condemn Proposed Deal with Germany over Genocide Reparations
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Namibia resumed debate this week on a possible agreement with Germany
over the former colonizer's genocide of tens of thousands of Ovaherero
and Nama people in the early 1900s. Hundreds protested in front of
Namibia's Parliament Tuesday against the proposed deal, which includes a
payment of more than $1.34 billion, paid out over 30 years. This is Mc
Henry Venaani, president of the Popular Democratic Movement, addressing
the deal.

Mc Henry Venaani: "For the last 31 years, the Namibian government has
received more than $1.1 billion from the German government. The Germans
- listen very carefully - the Germans say they are guilty of murdering
us. But for this guilt, they are paying the same amount that they have
been paying the government for the last 31 years."



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