Namibia wants Germany to return to the bargaining table so they may go through the genocide agreement they came to last year.
“Technical committees of Namibia and Germany discussed the issue and proposed that amendments be made to the joint declaration in the form of an addendum which was submitted to the German government,” Namibia’s vice president Mbumba told a meeting of traditional leaders in the capital Windhoek, on Thursday (Oct 27).
The requested changes were not specifically described. Namibia is now awaiting word from Germany.
In the wake of talks in the Namibian National Assembly, a request to review the agreement was made in July. The opposition was criticizing the government more and more.
Germany admitted to committing “genocide” in the southern African territory it colonized between 1884 and 1915 in May of last year.
Germany committed to provide descendants of the Herero and Nama ethnic groups with $30 billion in development funds after more than five years of negotiations. stating that the payment would be made “voluntarily” and that the agreement was not equivalent to “reparations“.
Many Namibians disagreed with the deal, claiming that the Herero and Nama people’s ancestors had not been given enough opportunity to participate in the negotiations.
Between 1904 and 1908, at least 60,000 Hehero and roughly 10,000 Nama perished.
