(1/2) #CfP für die 30. Tagung des Germanistikverbands im Südlichen Afrika (#SAGV), die sich vom 13. – 16. April 2025 an der University of #Namibia in Windhoek dem Thema "Alternative #Wahrheit(en) und Realität(en) in Zeiten des Wandels" widmen wird.
10 Billion Barrels of Oil Discovered off #Namibia Coast making it the third largest in Africa and number 15 in the world in terms of oil production. The oil was discovered by Portuguese oil company, Galp Energia.
When #Namibia Stands Up to #Germany: How Gaza Revolutionized the Global South (Dr. Ramzy Baroud | Counter Currents, 2024-04-18)
... beside Nicaragua, South Africa & al.
"Since the start of the Israeli genocide in Gaza, Namibia answered the call of solidarity with the Palestinians, along with many African and South American countries..."
"The Nicaraguan case accuses Germany of violating the ‘Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide’. It rightly sees Germany as a partner in the ongoing genocide of the Palestinians."
"The horrific crime of the Holocaust, and other mass killings carried out by the German government... during WWII, is a continuation of other German crimes committed against Africans, decades earlier."
When #Namibia Stands Up to #Germany: How Gaza Revolutionized the Global South (Dr. Ramzy Baroud | Counter Currents, 2024-04-18)
... beside Nicaragua, South Africa & al.
"Since the start of the Israeli genocide in Gaza, Namibia answered the call of solidarity with the Palestinians, along with many African and South American countries..."
"So when Namibia took a strong stance against Israel’s largest military supporter in Europe – Germany – it did so based on Namibia’s total awareness of its history."
"The Nicaraguan case accuses Germany of violating the ‘Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide’. It rightly sees Germany as a partner in the ongoing genocide of the Palestinians."
"The horrific crime of the Holocaust, and other mass killings carried out by the German government... during WWII, is a continuation of other German crimes committed against Africans, decades earlier."
"By the end of the German campaign, in 1908, more than 65,000 #Ovaherero, more than two-thirds of the population, and 10,000 #Nama, around half the population, had been killed. Their ancestral lands were not returned to the survivors. [..] In 1902, less than 1 per cent of South-West Africa was owned by Europeans; after the #genocide the figure was more than 20 per cent."
Am 12. April 1893 haben deutsche Kolonialtruppen im heutigen #Namibia das Massaker von Hornkranz begangen – noch vor der offiziellen Datierung des Genozids ab 1904. 1/11
Deutscher Wissenschaftler: Phänomen der Feenkreise in Namibia entschlüsselt?
Hexentanzplatz, Termitenwohnung, UFO-Landeplätze? Um die sogenannten Feenkreise in der Wüste Namibias ranken sich Legenden. Ein deutscher Wissenschaftler will die Erklärung für die kreisrunden Flächen gefunden haben. Von S. Ueberbach.
Ottawa’s policy of preventing #Chinese companies from investing in #Canadian listed firms may be put to the test after #Vancouver based #OsinoResources Corp. agreed to be bought by #YintaiGold Co. Ltd. for $368 million.
Yintai’s main interest in #Osino seems to be the latter’s gold project in central #Namibia.
Namibia at the ICJ today has asked for clarification of "threshold questions" of apartheid, including confirmation that all States are bound by obligations under international law. I think that matters because many countries, including Israel, US and UK, have never signed the Apartheid Convention. #ICJ#Namibia#apartheid
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