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African leaders to push for slavery reparations despite resistance

Reuters African leaders meeting in Ethiopia this weekend are to launch a new push for slavery and colonial reparations, but can expect to be stonewalled by former colonial powers, most of which have ruled out making amends for historical wrongs. While the issue of reparations has gained momentum worldwide, so has the backlash. US President […]

Women held as sex slaves in Sudan’s South Kordofan, Human Rights Watch says

Cairo, Egypt Reuters Women from Sudan’s South Kordofan state have been repeatedly raped and some held as sex slaves by fighters from the warring Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias, Human Rights Watch said in a report published on Monday. The RSF did not immediately respond to requests for comment. It has regularly denied […]

On 11th-hour visit to Angola, Biden pledges lasting support to Africa

Luanda, Angola Reuters Joe Biden pledged lasting US engagement with Africa as he met his Angolan counterpart Joao Lourenco in Luanda on Tuesday, as part of his first and only visit to sub-Saharan Africa as US President. During brief remarks at the presidential palace, Biden pledged lasting engagement on Africa’s own terms. He said the […]

Start of Biden’s visit to Angola overshadowed by son’s pardon

Luanda, Angola Reuters US President Joe Biden landed in Angola on Monday for a visit focused on a US-backed railway project and on the legacy of slavery, but his decision to pardon his son Hunter Biden threatened to overshadow the official agenda. The visit fulfils a promise to visit Sub-Saharan Africa during his presidency and […]

King Charles III acknowledges Commonwealth’s “painful” history with slavery on summit agenda

Updated: 7:45am, 26th October (AEST) Apia, Samoa Reuters King Charles III said on Friday the Commonwealth should acknowledge its “painful” history, as African and Caribbean nations push for reparations for Britain’s role in transatlantic slavery. Representatives of 56 countries, most with roots in Britain’s empire, are attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting that began […]

Commonwealth nations to discuss slavery, climate change at Samoa summit

Updated: 5pm (AEDT) Apia, Samoa Reuters The leaders of the Commonwealth group of nations will meet at a welcome banquet in Samoa in the South Pacific on Thursday, with climate change and reparations for Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade on the agenda of summit discussions. Leaders and officials from 56 countries with roots […]

Europe’s racial disparities cannot be untied from historical wrongs, report says

Reuters Racial disparities in some European nations cannot be tackled if legacies of colonialism and slavery are ignored, a report by a EU-wide network of anti-racism groups said on Wednesday. The “Europe’s Original Sin” report analysed the historic use by six former colonial powers – Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain – of […]

London unveils design of city’s first memorial to victims of transatlantic slavery

London, UK Reuters London is set to have its first memorial to victims of transatlantic slavery, with the mayor’s office announcing late last week the design of a long-awaited monument seen by advocates as a step towards confronting the past and its legacies.  An artistic illustration shows Khaleb Brooks’ ‘The Wake], which is set to be […]

Italian police free 33 Indian farm labourers from ‘slavery’

Rome, Italy Reuters Italian police said on Saturday they had freed 33 Indian farm labourers from slave-like working conditions in the northern Verona province and seized almost half a million euros from their two alleged abusers. Labour exploitation is in the spotlight in Italy following an accident in June in which an Indian fruit picker […]