A BBC journalist whose family made history by publicly apologizing for owning enslaved African people and paying reparation has now quit her job to campaign for reparations.
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NETHERLANDS: Prime Minister Apologise For Slavery
The Netherlands Prime Minister has offered a formal apology on behalf of the Dutch state for its role in the slave trade during the 17th-19th centuries, saying slavery must be recognised in “the clearest terms” as a crime against humanity.
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GHANA: President Akufo-Addo Joins Call For Reparations
Ghana President Akufo-Addo contrasts lack of reparations for enslavement to the awarding of reparations for other atrocities
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HAGUE: ICJ Rules Uganda Pay $325m War Reparations To Democratic Republic Of Congo
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered the government of Uganda to pay $325 million in reparations to Democratic Republic of Congo for the invasion by Uganda of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) during the 1998-2003 war.
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UK: Looted Ethiopian Artefacts Withdrawn From Auction
Two artefacts that were taken looted during colonial-era by British forces in Ethiopia have been withdrawn from auction after the Ethiopian government appealed to an auction house selling them to “stop the cycle of dispossession”.
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UK: Profile – Church Of England’s First Black Female Vicar/Critic
Reverend Eve Pitts is the vicar at the Holy Trinity Church in Birchfield, she is also Britain’s first black, female vicar.
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NAMIBIA: Germany Apologize For Genocide Of Colonial Era With €1.1bn Development Aid
The German government has admitted responsibility and apologized to the Namibian government for the genocide of tens of thousands of Ovaherero and Nama people between 1904 and 1908 during the colonialization era.
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REPARATION: Black Chicago Residents To Get $25k Housing Discrimination Payout
A Chicago suburban district may be the first city in the United States to pay reparations to black residents who have endured housing discrimination.
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Catholic Church Pledges $100m In Reparations To Descendants Of Enslaved Black People
An order of Catholic priests has pledged $100m in reparations to descendants of Black people it enslaved and sold, in the largest initiative of its kind by the church.
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FRANCE: Congolese Activist Protest Against Colonial Thefts Is In Court On Theft Charges
The verdict in the trial of a Congolese activist Mwazulu Diyabanza and four other associates is due on October 14.
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