Namibia: First Genocide Remembrance Day to Be Marked At Parliament Gardens With Public Holiday

Ministry of Information and Communication Technology executive director Audrin Mathe says Namibia will mark the first-ever Genocide Remembrance Day at Parliament Gardens.

The day will be commemorated in remembrance of the atrocities committed by Germany towards the Nama and Ovaherero over 100 years ago.

Speaking to Desert FM on Tuesday, Mathe said the event will officially be recognised as a public holiday, within the proximity of the Alte Feste, one of the sites where these atrocities were…