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Namibia’s forgotten genocide: How Bushmen were hunted and killed under German colonial rule
The Conversation  |  Aug 09, 2025

Today’s Namibia was a German colony called German South West Africa from 1884. The 1904-1907 genocidal Herero-Nama war was decisive, as Germany sought...

Spain announces it will join South Africa’s Gaza genocide case against Israel at ICJ
Reuters  |  Jun 06, 2024

Spain follows Ireland, which also announced it would intervene in the case.

South Africa seeks halt to Israel's Rafah offensive at International Court of Justice
Reuters  |  May 16, 2024

South Africa has also asked the court to order Israel to allow unimpeded access to Gaza for UN officials, organisations providing humanitarian aid, an...

Phoebe Okowa, the Kenyan legal expert representing Namibia in Israel genocide case
Amina Wako  |  Feb 25, 2024

Professor Phoebe Okowa is a renowned international lawyer and academic whose appointment by the Namibian government has been praised by many. 

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