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Tag: Slavery
African countries should put pressure on Algeria to end slavery in Tindouf camps
The underreported plight of enslaved black people continues in the Polisario-run Tindouf camps, where Algerian authorities abandoned thousands to the mercy of a separatist militia ... Read More
Africa, Caribbean nations join forces to demand slavery reparations
Momentum is building up between African and Caribbean nations to set up a tribunal that will look into the atrocities suffered by ancestors who have ... Read More
Accra Reparations Conference calls for Africa united front to redress slave trade injustices
Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo has called for a united front with African leaders on demands for reparations for transatlantic slavery and colonial-era damages, as they ... Read More
Eritrean troops accused of ‘war crimes’ in Tigray after peace deal — Amnesty’s report
Eritrean soldiers, allied with Ethiopia’s government, committed war crimes and possible crimes against humanity despite the signing of an agreement to end hostilities, when they ... Read More
Dutch king makes historic apology for his country’s key role in global slavery trade
Dutch King Willem-Alexander apologized on Saturday (1 June) — the day to remember the 160th anniversary of abolition of slavery in the Netherlands — for ... Read More
Mauritania: An international forum to fight slavery
The fight against slavery in Mauritania "is a constant and irreversible priority" of the authorities, said Wednesday in Nouakchott a senior Mauritanian state official, during ... Read More
Mauritania: Marriage between President’s daughter & anti-slavery activist likely to curb racism, a mayor suggests
A loyalist of Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has suggested to the country’s leader, as part of his endeavors to unite the North African ... Read More
Mauritanian Government Lambasted at UNHC for Slavery
The Mauritanian government was rebuked at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva for its failure to abolish entirely slavery practices, which remain widespread in ... Read More
Mauritanian Authorities Crackdown on Anti-slavery Activists
Despite international outcry against slavery across the globe, Mauritanian authorities continue their crackdown on anti-slavery activists with the arrest recently of abolitionist Biram Ould Abeid ... Read More
AU Rebukes Mauritania over Persistent Slavery
The African Union rebuked Mauritania for falling short of fully eliminating slavery after the country handed out lenient sentences to a slave owner. Mauritania should ... Read More