Germany's President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has expressed deep regret for the atrocities committed during the era of German colonial rule in Tanzania.

Mr. Steinmeier made these remarks while visiting a museum in the Tanzanian city of Songea, which serves as a memorial to the Maji Maji uprising that occurred at the beginning of the last century and was brutally quelled by German authorities.

During this brutal suppression, it is estimated that as many as 300,000 people lost their lives, primarily due to the systematic destruction of fields and villages by German troops.

The visit to the museum marked the conclusion of a three-day tour of Tanzania.