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What is the significance of Namibia's establishment of a national day of remembrance for the victims of the Herero and Namaqua genocide?

For the first time, Namibia has declared a national day of remembrance for the victims of the Herero and Namaqua genocide, a systematic murder of over 70,000 Africans by German colonial forces between 1904 and 1908. This follows years of pressure on Germany to pay reparations and acknowledges the use of concentration camps and pseudoscientific experiments mirroring those later used in the Holocaust. The date, May 28th, marks the closure of these camps in 1907.