Okandjoze Chiefs Assembly, NTLA reject Riruako’s call to join JD

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2026-11-11

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By Uakutura Kambaekua
WINDHOEK, 11 NOV (NAMPA) – Calls by a faction of the Ovaherero Traditional Authority led by Chief Hoze Riruako for genocide-affected communities to join the Namibia-Germany Joint Declaration (JD) have been rejected by the Okandjoze Chiefs Assembly and the Nama Traditional Leaders Authority (NTLA).
Responding to Riruako’s calls, both traditional structures clarified in a Wednesday interview with Nampa that the 2021 agreement...

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