BERLIN—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 ($1.3 billion), largely on development projects.
The accord announced Friday is the result of more than five years of talks with Namibia on the events of 1904–1908, when Germany was the southern African country’s colonial ruler.
