Namibia rejects German compensation offer over colonial violence

Closely watched talks appear to be stalling as reported 10m offer is dismissed

Namibia has rejected an German offer of compensation for the mass murder of tens of thousands of indigenous people more than a century ago.

German occupiers in Namibia almost destroyed the Herero and Nama peoples between 1904 and 1908 as they consolidated their rule in the new colony in south-west Africa. Some historians have described the bloodshed as the first genocide of the 20th century.