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Opinion – The forlorn Ovaherero-Nama: Generations’ struggle for genocide reparations

In January 2017, Ovaherero and Nama traditional leadership filed a class action lawsuit against the Federal Republic of Germany in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs sued under the Alien Tort Stature (ATS), demanding direct reparations for the mass slaughter, land seizures, and concentration camp atrocities committed by... The post Opinion – The forlorn Ovaherero-Nama: Generations’ struggle for genocide reparations appeared first on New Era .

New Era4 Sept 2026, 10:05 am
Opinion – The forlorn Ovaherero-Nama: Generations’ struggle for genocide reparations

In January 2017, Ovaherero and Nama traditional leadership filed a class action lawsuit against the Federal Republic of Germany in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs sued under the Alien Tort Stature (ATS), demanding direct reparations for the mass slaughter, land seizures, and concentration camp atrocities committed by colonial German Schutztruppe.

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