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An undated photo showing Mali (left) and Liel Yahalomi, an Israeli mother and daughter who went missing in Vienna on August 7, 2026, and were found alive and well in Argentina on August 14, 2026. (Israel's Embassy in Austria)
October 7, 2026, 2:48 pm
Iranians arrested in Namibia with fake passports misidentified as Mali and Liel Yahalomi
Two women, apparently mother and daughter, reportedly claimed to be Israeli, prompting mistaken conclusion they were pair who fled Israel in August and sparked days-long search
By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
Adolf Hitler Uunona is poised to be re-elected by a small Namibian constituency. (Eagle FM Namibia via JTA)
November 25, 2025, 4:24 am
Namibian politician named Adolf Hitler Uunona set for reelection
Councillor from African country’s left-leaning ruling party insists he’s nothing like the Nazi dictator
By Grace Gilson
Namibia President Hage Geingob speaks during a plenary session at the COP28 UN Climate Summit, December 1, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Peter Dejong/AP)
January 14, 2024, 12:09 pm
Namibia pans former colonial ruler Germany for defending Israel from genocide claim
Presidency accuses Germany of not learning lessons of its ‘horrific history’ in African country in last century, says South Africa’s accusation at The Hague is ‘morally upright’
By AFP and ToI Staff
In this Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011 file photo skulls of Ovaherero and Nama people are displayed during a devotion attended by representatives of the tribes from Namibia in Berlin, Germany. Germany has reached an agreement with Namibia that will see it officially recognize as genocide the colonial-era killings of tens of thousands of people and commit to spending a total of 1.1 billion euros ($1.3 billion), largely on development projects. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
May 29, 2021, 9:10 am
Namibia: The first in a dark century of massacres
1948 UN convention says genocide is ‘act committed with intent to destroy in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group’; many massacres still not recognized
By AFP
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas addresses the media during a statement at the Foreign Ministry in Berlin, Germany, Friday, May 28, 2021. Germany has reached an agreement with Namibia that will see it officially recognize as genocide the colonial-era killings of tens of thousands of people and commit to spending a total of 1.1 billion euros ($1.3 billion), largely on development projects. (Tobias Schwarz/Pool Photo via AP)
May 29, 2021, 6:41 am
Germany acknowledges colonial-era killings in Namibia as genocide
Berlin promises a billion euros in financial support to descendants of victims, but activists say this is only a first step and call for direct reparations for 1904-1908 massacres
By Isabelle Le Page
Adolf Hitler Uunona (Twitter)
December 3, 2020, 8:01 pm
Politician named Adolf Hitler wins local election in Namibia
Adolf Hitler Uunona says his father, who named him, ‘probably did not understand what Adolf Hitler stood for’; he assures his constituents he has no plans for world domination
By ToI Staff
The skulls of two people killed in the the Herero and Nama uprising between 1904 and 1908 are flanked by candles during a ceremony in Berlin, Aug. 29, 2018 before the repatriation of the remains to Namibia. (Gregor Fischer/dpa via AP)
August 12, 2020, 9:23 am
Namibia rejects reparations offer from Germany for early 20th century genocide
Among other issues, leader says Berlin declined to accept the term ‘reparations,’ as that word was also avoided during country’s negotiations with Israel after the Holocaust
By AFP
A man holds a lit candle next to one of two skulls on display during a handover ceremony of human remains taken from Namibia, in the French Church in Berlin on August 29, 2018. (AFP Photo/John Macdougall)
August 29, 2018, 6:13 pm
Tears, anger as Germany returns human remains from Namibian genocide
Descendants of those killed during German colonial rule slam Berlin for taking too long to issue formal apology, call for reparations
By Isabelle Le Page and Michelle Fitzpatrick
Kobi Alexander attends a fundraising dinner in New York in November 2005. (AP/David Karp)
March 5, 2018, 5:13 pm
Tech CEO transferred from New York to Israeli jail to complete fraud sentence
Former Comverse chief Kobi Alexander, serving 30 months for manipulating stock options, awaiting final judge approval in Israeli detention facility
By ToI Staff
Kobi Alexander attends a fundraising dinner in New York in November 2005. (AP/David Karp)
March 1, 2018, 4:35 pm
Tech CEO jailed in US fraud case is to be transferred to Israel
Former Comverse chief Kobi Alexander serving 30 months for manipulating stock options to serve out rest of sentence in Israel, at his request
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A jeep safari in Namibia (Kavram/iStock via Getty images)
August 6, 2017, 7:43 pm
Israeli photographer killed in Namibia car accident
Amos Gil, 73, dies during jeep safari, wife lightly injured
By ToI Staff
Namibian schoolgirls walk by a memorial in tribute to the victims of the alleged genocide committed by German forces against Herero and Nama people in 1904, on June 20, 2017 in Windhoek, Namibia. (AFP Photo/Gianluigi Guercia)
July 22, 2017, 9:26 am
Namibia genocide victims battle for compensation
Descendants of tribes killed in alleged German genocide during pre-Nazi era seek reparations similar to those given to Israel
By Philippe ALFROY
Surviving Herero after an escape through the arid desert of Omaheke in German Southwest Africa (modern day Namibia), circa 1907 (Ullstein Bilderdienst, Berlin)
January 8, 2017, 2:28 pm
Germany may pay out for Namibia genocide
Seen as precursor to Nazi Holocaust, Berlin’s recognition of systematic slaughter of tens of thousands of Herero tribespeople could obligate reparations
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Screen capture on August 23, 2016, showing Israeli former Comverse CEO Kobi Alexander in Namibia in 2007. (Screen capture, CNBC)
August 24, 2016, 4:17 am
Fugitive Israeli tech CEO to plead guilty in US fraud case
After a decade fighting extradition in Namibia, former Comverse chief Kobi Alexander to face trial for manipulating stock options
By Tom Hays
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