Sir Hilary McD. Beckles KA is Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West Indies and Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Reparations Commission. 25.03.2024 It took all of the nineteenth ...

The conclusion of the Forum on Reparative Justice & Colonial Accountability in Geneva marked the birth of a formidable new ...

As the United Nations recognises the transatlantic slave trade as a crime and calls for reparations, a growing ‘global diasporic movement’ is pushing for action ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Several African countries have erected memorials to the victims of slavery, such as this statue in Senegal [AFP via Getty Images] ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a first coordinated African-led effort at the United Nations, leaders have declared the Transatlantic Slave Trade as “the ...

Calls for reparations took centre stage as civil society organisations across Africa gathered in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, to demand justice for centuries of slavery, colonisation, and resource ...

Donald Trump has signed an executive order to pull the US out of a "racist" UN forum accused of pushing a "global reparations agenda". The Trump administration accused the UN Permanent Forum on People ...

During the summer of 2020, a long-standing movement for reparations for Black Americans gained steam. Thanks to historic racial justice protests, several local and statewide initiatives received a ...

Alhaji Khuzaima Mohammed Osman, Executive Director of the African Security and Development Forum (ASDEF), says the global ...

In the eyes of many black Americans, the United States needs to make a fundamental acknowledgement of slavery. For more and more blacks, an apology is not enough; that acknowledgement, they feel, ...

The United Nations General Assembly this week overwhelmingly backed a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade "the gravest crime against humanity". Welcoming the vote, UN Secretary-General ...