African and Caribbean leaders call for reparations related to transatlantic slavery, including formal apologies, financial compensation and debt relief. The demands come from a three-day conference in Ghana, where participants advance a push for “reparatory justice.” Sources say the leaders adopt a 19-point plan that includes requests directed at countries that benefited from the transatlantic slave trade. Alongside calls for apologies, the plan also urges financial compensation for the descendants of enslaved people and, in some accounts, consideration of support for the countries where enslaved victims originated. Media reports also describe the conference as building on recent international discussion, including a landmark United Nations resolution in March that recognizes transatlantic slavery. While details of implementation and targets are not fully specified across reports, all describe the same core set of measures—apologies, payments or compensation, and debt cancellation or relief—framed as demands for justice tied to the legacy of slavery.
African and Caribbean leaders call for slavery apologies, reparations and debt relief
African and Caribbean leaders call for reparations related to transatlantic slavery, including formal apologies, financial compensation and debt relief. The demands come from a three-day conference in...
- African and Caribbean leaders adopt a reparations plan at a conference in Ghana.
- The plan calls for formal apologies from countries that benefited from the transatlantic slave trade.
- It calls for financial compensation for descendants of enslaved people.
- It includes debt relief or debt cancellation as part of the requested measures.
- Reports say the effort follows a landmark UN resolution in March recognizing transatlantic slavery.
At a ‘high-level United Nations consultative conference’ in Ghana earlier this month, African and Caribbean countries called on the countries that benefitted from the transatlantic slave trade to make a formal apology and pay reparations to the descendants of the enslaved millions (or at least to the countries that the victims had come from). This […]
2 months agoBBC African and Caribbean countries have called for a formal apology and reparations from countries that benefited from the transatlantic slave trade. The demands come at the end of a three-day conference in Ghana which looked to advance the push for reparatory justice. It follows a landmark UN resolution in March which recognised transatlantic slavery […] The post African and Caribbean nations call for formal apology for transatlantic slavery appeared first on NewZimbabwe.com.
2 months agoAfrican and Caribbean leaders adopted a 19-point reparations plan in Ghana demanding financial compensation, debt cancellation and formal apologies.
2 months agoThe leaders have asked for apologies from the countries that benefited from the slave trade, as well as debt relief and financial compensation.
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