(CNN) Namibia President Hage Geingob says his government has turned down Germany's offer of compensation for colonial-era killings, calling it "not acceptable." German troops killed up to 80,000 of Herero and Nama people in the southern African country between 1904 and 1908 in response to an anti-colonial uprising, according to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Germany, which today gives development aid to Namibia, offered its first formal apology for the conflict in 2004. "The current offer for reparations made by the German Government remains an outstanding issue and is not acceptable to the Namibian Government," the president said in the statement on Tuesday. While Germany has acknowledged and expressed regrets for its imperial troops' role in the conflict, it has refused to pay compensation.

Source: CNN August 12, 2020 15:00 UTC