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Africa, Caribbean nations join forces to demand slavery reparations

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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 been enslaved by western powers. The creation of such a tribunal, modeled on Nuremburg trials, is also backed by the US, Reuters reported. Formally recommended in June by the UN […]

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Dutch king makes historic apology for his country’s key role in global slavery trade

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Dutch King Willem-Alexander apologized on Saturday (1 June) — the day to remember the 160th anniversary of abolition of slavery in the Netherlands — for his country’s role in slavery, acknowledged that racism is still a problem and asked for forgiveness in a historic speech. The Netherlands formally abolished slavery in its colonies in 1863, […]