German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier paid tribute to the late president of Namibia as a formative statesman for his country after Hage Geingob’s death on Sunday. Against the backdrop of German colonial crimes a century ago in what is now Namibia, Steinmeier said that Geingob had taken a path of reconciliation with Germany “despite the heavy burden of our history.” Germany remains “committed to the path of reconciliation with Namibia and to coming to terms with the genocide perpetrated by Germany,” Steinmeier said. Geingob was Namibia’s third president and had been in office since 2015. He …