Germany has committed to provide additional financial resources for the development of the communities affected by the 1904-1908 genocide.

The latest development follows the last round of talks between Namibia and Germany last year.

The Namibian Parliament had sent back the government's negotiating team after reservations were expressed about the 1.1 billion Euro Germany offered in development project funding over a 30-year period.

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says the negotiating teams of the two governments are yet to meet for discussions.

This is because both Namibia and Germany had elections in 2024 and subsequent transitions of power, as Nandi-Ndaitwah provided an update during an interview on Al Jazeera.

"Where we stand now is that the Germans have undertaken to increase or give additional resources as part of the reparation, if they say endowment to what had happened between our two countries. Namibia had our elections in November, and our new government was just put in place on the 22nd of March when the new cabinet was established. The Germans also had their elections, and once the two governments are now fully established, we are going to resume, and hopefully, we are going to conclude the negotiations."

From the onset, Namibia had a three-pronged approach to the decades-old negotiations.

These are for Germany to acknowledge the atrocities as genocide, tender an official apology, and pay reparations.

With the acknowledgment part completed, President Nandi-Ndaitwah shared Germany's readiness to also issue an apology for a genocide where tens of thousands were massacred.