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Tag: Slavery
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
Migration: Joint EU-AU-UN Task Force to be Set up
The United Nations, the European Union and the African Union have agreed to put in place a joint Task Force to save and protect lives ... Read More
On the Forgotten Victims of Slavery in Polisario-run Tindouf Camps
The human slave auction documented by CNN in Libya ignited global outrage and drew attention to an inhuman practice that is regrettably also rampant in ... Read More