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.
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 .
Germany once ruled Namibia, then known as German South West Africa, and in the early 1900s German authorities ran a concentration camp on Shark Island where around 3,000 locals were killed. "This is where genocide took place; this is where genocide was executed," said Luipert."It was the first genocide of the 20th century and for that, the site needs to be protected."
He spoke with VOA at a conference for Namibia's emerging oil and gas industry being held in Luderitz.
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