Namibia communities affected by German genocide demand return of land

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 A drone view of the informal settlement where the descendants of the Herero victims live in Swakopmund, Namibia on February 27, 2024. PHOTO | REUTERS

Namibian communities whose ancestors were massacred by German colonial forces and had their property seized more than a century ago are calling for fresh talks with Berlin to negotiate the return of ancestral land.

Germany agreed in May 2021 to fund projects worth $1.2 billion over 30 years to make up for the property seizures and killings of thousands of Herero and Nama people by German colonial forces between 1904 and 1908, after the tribes rebelled against German rule.