The Nama and Damara communities held cultural gatherings on the eve of Genocide Remembrance Day to honour the memory of those who died during the brutal genocide committed by the German colonial forces in Namibia between 1904 and 1908.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has clarified that the selection of the date 28th of May as Genocide Remembrance Day marks the gravity and compassion with which Namibians should approach the Ovaherero and Nama Genocide, committed between 1904 and 1908.
Descendants of the genocide victims took to the streets of Windhoek to pay tribute to their ancestors in remembrance and honour of the lives lost during the 1904 to 1908 genocide.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has encouraged Namibians, and genocide-affected communities in particular, to embrace Genocide Remembrance Day in full and to acknowledge its foundation as laid in the common grounds found on Namibia's Joint Declaration with Germany.
Two boys aged 13 and 16 survived a hippo attack at Kasisi village in the Kavango West Region on Monday.
Namibian Police Force (NamPol) Chief Inspector Raimbert Muronga confirmed the incident to Nampa, saying the boys were attacked while in a canoe between 16h00 and 17h00.
