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Headlines Africa May 26, 2025

Africa: AU Day Observation - Let's Seek Justice for Our Continent ...Pres Mahama Rallies Colleagues: [Ghanaian Times] The president, John Dramani Mahama, has rallied his colleague African leaders, civil society, youth groups and members of the diaspora to join hands to seek justice for Africans and persons of African descent for the harrowing experience of slavery inflicted on their forebears. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TKzvb2 #AUPeace #JusticeForAfrica #AfricanUnity #DiasporaVoices #SlaveryReparations

Headlines Africa Apr 16, 2025

Africa: UN Forum Tackles Slavery Reparations for Africa, People of African Descent: [UN News] The calls for reparatory justice can no longer be ignored, speakers at the fourth session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on African Descent in New York said on Tuesday. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TKB9vZ #Reparations #AfricanDescent #UNForum #JusticeForAfrica #SlaveryReparations

Mark Burton Oct 23, 2024

OK Keith, there's the matter of climate reparations too.

'Speaking to reporters travelling with him for the summit, Starmer said Commonwealth countries were “facing real challenges on things like climate in the here and now”.'

Starmer says he wants to ‘look forward’ and not talk about slavery reparations | Slavery | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/23/keir-starmer-slavery-reparations-commonwealth-summit
#SlaveryReparations #ClimateReparations

Starmer says he wants to ‘look forward’ and not talk about slavery reparations

UK prime minister would rather work with nations on ‘future-facing challenges’ at Commonwealth summit

The Guardian

Charlie McHenry Mar 27, 2024

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres called on Monday for reparations over the transatlantic trafficking of enslaved people as a way to tackle its legacy in today’s society, including systemic racism. #Slavery #SlaveryReparations
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/un-chief-calls-slavery-reparations-overcome-generations-discrimination-rcna145218

U.N. chief calls for slavery reparations to overcome ‘generations of discrimination’

NBC News

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bs2 Feb 7, 2024

> "It’s still in the early stages of people recognizing that this was a thing, as is the case with slave reparations," Norwood says. "We do need to recognize and account for what it means to be the beneficiaries of that money and what that changes about our obligations to the rest of the people in society, including people who were harmed by it."
#Reparations #OpiumReparations #SlaveryReparations #CareAndRepair