Two artefacts that were taken looted during colonial-era by British forces in Ethiopia have been withdrawn from auction after the Ethiopian government appealed to an auction house selling them to “stop the cycle of dispossession”.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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BURUNDI: Nation Demand $43b Reparation From Belgium
Burundi is the latest Africa nation who have found their voice to demand reparation from Belgium and Germany for harm done during decades of colonial rule in the East African nation.
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NAMIBIA: Nation Rejects Germany’s €10m Reparations Offer For Historical Genocide
Namibia’s President Hage Geingob has turned down an offer €10 million reparations made by Germany for mass killings in its then colony.
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