Germans must pay for colonial "brutal alliance" in Namibia. (Restitution).(Herero People's Reparation Corporation is suing German government and two German companies)(Brief Article)

From: African Business | Date: March 1, 2003 | Copyright information

Proceedings could begin in a Namibian court next month (April) against the German government and two German companies in a $4bn claim for alleged atrocities committed against Namibia's Herero people in the country's colonial era. Court papers filed by the Herero People's Reparation Corporation accuse the German government, Deutsche Bank and Woerman shipping line of forming a "brutal alliance...

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