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Nachdenken in Namibia

Bei Namibias erstem of­fi­zi­el­len #Gedenktag an den deut­schen #Völkermord an den #Herero und #Nama werden die Dif­fe­ren­zen zwischen Be­trof­fe­nen und Re­gie­rung sichtbar

Aus Windhoek Alfred #Shilongo

Zum ersten Mal hat #Namibia dieses Jahr einen offiziellen Tag des Gedenkens an den deutschen Völkermord an den Herero und Nama während der Kolonialherrschaft begangen
taz.de/!6090906

TAZ Verlags- und Vertriebs GmbH · Nachdenken in NamibiaBei Namibias erstem offiziellen Gedenktag an den deutschen Völkermord an den Herero und Nama werden die Differenzen zwischen Betroffenen und Regierung sichtbar

»#Namibia marks colonial genocide for first time with memorial day«

Dubbed "#Germany's forgotten #genocide", and described by historians as the first genocide of the 20th Century, the systematic murder of more than 70,000 Africans is being marked with a national day of remembrance for the first time in Namibia.

»The victims, primarily from the #Ovaherero and #Nama communities, were targeted because they refused to let the colonisers take their land and cattle.«

bbc.com/news/articles/cy0jkyny

Ovaherero men arrested by German and put in chains circa 1904-1905 during the genocide.
www.bbc.comNamibia to mark German colonial genocide for first time with memorial dayConcentration camps and pseudoscientific experiments were used by German officials to torture and kill.

Namibia begeht erstmals nationalen Gedenktag für Opfer deutscher Verbrechen

Namibia begeht heute erstmals einen Gedenktag, um an die von Deutschen ermordeten Herero und Nama zu erinnern. Doch die Zeremonie wird überlagert von einem Streit zwischen den beiden Volksgruppen und der namibischen Regierung. Von Richard Klug.

➡️ tagesschau.de/ausland/afrika/n

tagesschau.de · Namibia begeht erstmals nationalen Gedenktag für Opfer deutscher VerbrechenBy Richard Klug

5 #Dutch companies form “an extremely powerful #oligopoly” that dominates European #fishing according to a new investigation into their use of marine resources and public funds.

Parlevliet & Van der Plas, Cornelis Vrolijk, Van der Zwan, Alda Seafood and the De Boer family - generated €2.4 billion in revenue in 2023, according to the report from France-based NGO

...they have all been involved in major scandals - from illegal fishing in #Peru to corruption in #Namibia

euronews.com/green/2025/05/20/

Investigation reveals ‘sprawling empire’ of 5 Dutch companies dominating Europe’s fishing industry
euronews · Investigation exposes the ‘sprawling empire’ of 5 Dutch fishing giantsEnvironmental campaigners say that governments have allowed a few supermajors to take “tentacular” ownership of the seas.
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@iwein @teachersupdates @ehsenvironmentalclub1 Ooh thanks for the Kenyan Teachers Updates one; I hadn't seen that account. My follows aren't organized enough for me to give a really good set of suggestions but let me try:

* #Namibia hashtag (probably other country tags too but this is the one I happened to follow for a while)

* @bedfordviewmc perhaps kind of self explanatory

* Really just browse mastodon.africa/public/local in general really.

Perhaps other people have suggestions too.

Mastodon hosted on mastodon.africamastodon.africaMastodon.Africa is run by South Africans, for South Africans, Africans and everybody else looking for a friendly and welcoming Mastodon instance.

Last year, #Cameroon and #Namibia cracked down on Musk’s company for allegedly operating in their countries illegally. In #SouthAfrica — where Starlink has so far failed to get a license — Musk exacerbated tensions by publicly accusing the government of anti-white racism.

Since Trump won the election, at least five African countries have granted licenses to Starlink: the Democratic Republic of #Congo, #Somalia, #GuineaBissau, #Lesotho and #Chad.

propublica.org/article/trump-m #Starlink in #Africa

ProPublicaThe Trump Administration Leaned on African Countries. The Goal: Get Business for Elon Musk.
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