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New York attorney Kenneth McCallion (L), defending the Namibian tribes, Ida Hoffmann(C), representative of the Nama tribe and a member of Parliament in Namibia, and Ester Muiinjangue, also from the Nama tribe speak during a news conference 16 March 2017 in New York. Picture: AFP

Herero and nama tribes

Namibian tribes to appeal US ruling on German colonial horrors

By Reuters

A judge in New York said on Wednesday claims by descendants of the Herero and Nama tribes over Germany's role in what some historians call the 20th century's...

  • New York attorney Kenneth McCallion (L), defending the Namibian tribes, Ida Hoffmann(C), representative of the Nama tribe and a member of Parliament in Namibia, and Ester Muiinjangue, also from the Nama tribe speak during a news conference 16 March 2017 in New York. Picture: AFP

    Lawsuit against Germany over Namibian genocide is dismissed in New York

    According to the plaintiffs, thousands of Herero and Nama were slaughtered, left to starve or died at concentration camps from 1904 to 1908, when Namibia was known as South-West Africa, after the tribes rebelled against German rule.

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