Africa: Beyond Colonial Legacies – Africa & Caricom Forge New Path in Reparatory Justice

Africa: Beyond Colonial Legacies – Africa & Caricom Forge New Path in Reparatory Justice

Addis Ababa — The recent Second Africa-CARICOM Summit in Addis Ababa marked a historic turning point in transcontinental relations, potentially reshaping how Global South nations collaborate on issues of justice, development, and collective sovereignty. Convened under the powerful theme Transcontinental Partnership in Pursuit of Reparatory Justice for Africans and People of African Descent through Reparations,…

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Africa: Beyond Colonial Legacies – Africa & Caricom Forge New Path in Reparatory Justice

Africa: ‘Reparatory Justice’ Key to Ending Racism Against Africans and Their Descendants

Governments, academia and other stakeholders must “double down on delivering reparatory justice” for people from the African diaspora, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said in a report published on Wednesday. Doing so is key to dismantling systemic racism that is rooted in legacies of slavery and colonialism, it said. Actions include formal apologies, truth-seeking,…

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