Namibia’s Nama Community Rejects Green-Hydrogen Port Expansion

Windhoek, Namibia — Namibia’s port authority, Namport, has proposed a port expansion on Shark Island, a heritage site that is sacred to the indigenous Nama ethnic group of southern Namibia.

The expansion is designed to facilitate green hydrogen production and export to Europe by a German energy company, Hyphen.

However, some locals view the port expansion as a new form of colonization, where African resources are extracted for the benefit of European markets.

Germany once ruled Namibia, then…