Meanwhile, the Ovaherero Genocide Foundation has organized a march of protest from parliament to the statehouse, at the back of Advocate Vekuui Rukoro this week rejecting an offer of 1.1 billion euros to be pumped into developmental projects.
This has been confirmed by the foundation’s Joyce Muzengua via email.
The foundation as well as the Nama Traditional Leaders Association want the amount to increase and to benefit directly the descendants of the victims of the genocide.
“We are not stupid!” Rukoro is quoted as saying.
Germany’s former development minister, Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, offered her country’s first apology for the killings on a trip to Namibia in 2004, where she said the country’s actions would be seen as genocidal in today’s terms.
What happens now?
The declaration that recognises the genocide is expected to be signed by the German foreign minister, Heiko Maas in the Namibian capital, Windhoek, in early June.
Parliaments in both countries must then ratify the declaration.
President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is then expected to officially apologize for Germany’s crimes in front of the Namibian Parliament.
But Rukoro had threatened to rally the opposition lawmakers to boycott the apology ceremony if Germany doe not recognize the apology and meet their demands for reparations.
Additional information from DW
Meanwhile, the Ovaherero Genocide Foundation has organized a march of protest from parliament to the statehouse, at the back of Advocate Vekuui Rukoro this week rejecting an offer of 1.1 billion euros to be pumped into developmental projects.
This has been confirmed by the foundation’s Joyce Muzengua via email.
The foundation as well as the Nama Traditional Leaders Association want the amount to increase and to benefit directly the descendants of the victims of the genocide.
“We are not stupid!” Rukoro is quoted as saying.
Germany’s former development minister, Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, offered her country’s first apology for the killings on a trip to Namibia in 2004, where she said the country’s actions would be seen as genocidal in today’s terms.
What happens now?
The declaration that recognises the genocide is expected to be signed by the German foreign minister, Heiko Maas in the Namibian capital, Windhoek, in early June.
Parliaments in both countries must then ratify the declaration.
President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is then expected to officially apologize for Germany’s crimes in front of the Namibian Parliament.
But Rukoro had threatened to rally the opposition lawmakers to boycott the apology ceremony if Germany doe not recognize the apology and meet their demands for reparations.
Additional information from DW
