Steinmeier, who is on an official visit to Tanzania, said he planned to meet people affected by the 1905-1907 Maji Maji rebellion against German colonial rule. “It is important that we agree on ...

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has asked for forgiveness for the crimes committed by the military during Germany's colonial rule of Tanzania. https://p.dw ...

Journalist Ezekiel Kamwaga told RFI that Steinmeier is the first foreign leader, and first German head of state, to visit Songea, capital of one of the poorest regions of Tanzania. The trip has ...

The process of coming to terms with German colonial-era crimes in Tanzania is intended to strengthen relations. The two countries are also in talks on reparations. Activists and historians have ...

This investigation has found that the Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS), an international conservation NGO that receives funding from the German government, funded and equipped the Tanzania ...

The German president has expressed "shame" for the colonial atrocities his country inflicted on Tanzania. German forces killed almost 300,000 people during the Maji Maji rebellion in the early ...

GERMANY has reiterated its apologies following atrocities done during its colonial rule in Tanzania more than 100 ... made again over the weekend by the German State Minister Ms Katja Keul during ...

Namibia this week will hold its first national commemoration for victims of mass killings by German occupiers in what is ...

"It shames me. I am ashamed about what German colonial soldiers did to your forefather and his fellow warriors." The visit to Tanzania by Mr Steinmeier, whose position is essentially honorary in ...

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier apologized Wednesday for colonial-era atrocities committed by German forces in Tanzania during a visit to the East African country. “As German President ...

1916 - British, Belgian and South African troops occupy most of German East Africa. 1919 - League of Nations gives Britain a mandate over Tanganyika - today's mainland Tanzania. 1929 - Tanganyika ...

The Maji Maji rebellion was triggered by a German policy designed to force the indigenous population to grow cotton for export. Tanzania, then known as Tanganyika, was a part of German East Africa ...