David Comissiong, a high-level Caribbean ambassador, has voiced the need to establish an international special tribunal for seeking reparations related to transatlantic slavery. There is growing support among African and Caribbean nations for creating such a tribunal to address atrocities dating back
Judges at the International Criminal Court on Wednesday granted reparations of more than $56 million to thousands of victims of a convicted commander in the shadowy Ugandan rebel group the Lord’s Resistance Army. The nearly 50,000 victims covered by the order included
The granddaughter of Nelson Mandela is demanding reparations be paid to Africa by the British government for its years of colonizing the continent. Political activist Ndileka Mandela said in an interview with the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg that she supports the idea of
After previous statements of regret over slavery by the King – when he was Prince of Wales – in Rwanda, Ghana, and Barbados and similar from Prince William in the Caribbean last year, it was Kenya’s turn this week to be told
King Charles and Queen Camilla generally received an overwhelmingly positive response during their royal tour to Kenya, according to Daily Express royal correspondent Richard Palmer, however the question of reparations has hung over the trip ever since they landed in Nairobi. At
Nearly 80 years after German Nazis kicked off a violent occupation against its former ally Italy, some of the relatives of six civilians hanged on a hillside for killing a soldier foraging for food will be paid a portion of $12 million
Guyana president Irfaan Ali on Thursday lashed out at the descendants of European slave traders, saying those who profited from the cruel, trans-Atlantic slave trade should offer to pay reparations to today’s generations. The leader of the South American country also proposed
Germany is facing a battle on two fronts after senior Greek figures have rowed in behind Poland amid their row over WWII reparations. Poland’s governing Law and Justice (PiS) Party has been demanding $1.3trillion (£1,013,408,170) from Germany for the destruction to their
Senior Polish officials Tuesday said they plan to expand a campaign to seek massive World War II reparations from Germany, turning to Greece and other European countries as potential allies. Poland last year formally demanded compensation of $1.3 trillion — an amount
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has rejected calls from the opposition party to issue an apology for the United Kingdom’s role in slave trading or to discuss reparations. “What I think our focus should now be on doing is, of course, understanding