COP30 urged to link climate justice with reparations for historical crimes www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

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A “Britain owes Palestine” petition demanding an apology and reparations from the UK for alleged historic international law violations has been handed in at Downing Street www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Efforts by some African nations to attract luxury tourism have yielded limited benefits for local communities, with new research by the University of Manchester saying on Tuesday that it often causes more harm than good: www.reuters.com/world/africa....

African Union urges adoption of world map showing continent's true size www.reuters.com/world/africa...

Exclusive - Britain reassesses 'flawed' domestic abuse risk tool. My latest for @reuters.com, with Sam Tabahriti: www.reuters.com/world/uk/bri...

New research shared with @reuters.com shows that Britain's King George IV personally profited from enslaved labour on Grenadian plantations, a finding that experts say heightens pressure on the monarchy to confront its historical links to slavery www.reuters.com/world/uk/new...

Namibian president calls for reparations to address historical injustices against African women www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/sou...

A year after one of Britain's most harrowing knife attacks in Southport, charities and experts interviewed by @reuters.com have called the government's efforts to tackle such crimes a step forward but say they largely fail to address the root causes. My latest: www.reuters.com/world/uk/bri...

The University of Edinburgh benefited financially from transatlantic slavery and served as a haven for scholars developing racist theories in the 18th and 19th centuries, a review has found. www.reuters.com/world/uk/edi...

"Many young people are mistrustful of the political system and politicians - it's going to take a lot more than funny TikToks for any political party to win them over." Cut to UK voting age puts new group in political spotlight: www.reuters.com/world/uk/cut...

Caribbean leaders back Jamaica petition to King Charles for slavery reparations www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Childhood shaped by war for two Ukrainian brothers www.reuters.com/investigates...

British colonists committed genocide against Australia's Indigenous population in Victoria, a landmark Aboriginal-led inquiry has found. www.bbc.com/news/article...

A new survey published today showed that in #Angola 58% of respondents want #Portugal to return artifacts taken from its former colonies. Support was higher in #CapeVerde at 63%. www.reuters.com/world/africa...

A Caribbean delegation is in Brussels today to hold a briefing with EU lawmakers on slavery #reparations www.reuters.com/world/africa...

Jamaica will ask King Charles to request legal advice from the London-based Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, the final court of appeal for UK overseas territories and some Commonwealth nations, on the issue of slavery reparations: www.reuters.com/world/uk/jam...

How Lisbon put itself on the map for real estate and tourism – and became Europe’s least affordable city

Barbados poet laureate on mission to share stories of enslavement www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

A Caribbean delegation is set to travel to Brussels and London next month to "open a dialogue" with lawmakers about their countries' roles in advancing #reparations for slavery and colonialism, organisers have told @reuters.com. My latest: www.reuters.com/world/africa...

Juneteenth renews call for reparations for African Americans, advocates say eu.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

The future of the Notting Hill Carnival could be in doubt without "urgent funding" from the government, its organisers said in a letter leaked to the BBC www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Hungarian Foreign Min state secretary Levente Magyar told @reuters.com on the sidelines of an event in London he was unsure if a postponed parliamentary debate and vote on transparency legislation governing foreign-funded groups would "ever re-emerge” www.reuters.com/business/med...

Public policy professor Elizabeth Rigby on reparations commissions in the US: "This use of strategic ambiguity enables politicians to appear proactive without immediately confronting the practical and political challenges of enacting reparations policies." blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

Indian tribes visit UK museum to bring home ancestors' remains reut.rs/4e4SGxB

Tribes from the Indian state of Nagaland have held talks at a museum in Britain to secure the return of ancestral remains taken during the colonial era and put on display for decades. My latest: www.reuters.com/world/india/...

The French national assembly voted in favour of a proposal to ask the government to 'recognise, reimburse and repair' the injustice inflicted on Haiti by the so-called 'double debt' www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/dossi...

Trans women find safe space in London soccer club after UK gender ruling. My latest, with Marissa Davison: www.reuters.com/sports/socce...

The mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Sunday announced more than a $100 million trust aimed at repairing and addressing the "systemic impacts" of the 1921 massacre that targeted African American homes and businesses www.reuters.com/world/us/tul...

Mozambique, a former Portuguese colony, has demanded the return of artefacts and human remains looted during the colonial period mznews.co.mz/mocambique-e...

#journorequest I am looking to speak w/ Harvard international students - both future and current - affected by the recent decision made by the U.S. administation. DM or e-mail me at [email protected] www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland has vetoed legislation that sought to make recommendations on how to remedy the harms caused by slavery and racial discrimination www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/u...

Polls opened across Portugal on Sunday as millions of voters started casting their ballots in a third parliamentary election in as many years, though many are bracing for more uncertainty as the vote is unlikely to deliver a stable government

New York OKs extension for reparations report until after 2026 elections gothamist.com/news/new-yor...

Pope Leo accused of failing to properly investigate allegations of child sexual abuse in his church www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

Germany to reject undocumented migrants at border, Bild reports reut.rs/3RSjkQ9

"We love this country, but we don't love what it has become." My latest for @reuters.com: www.reuters.com/world/us/fea...

Ship carrying activists, aid to Gaza attacked by drones, NGO says www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Black churches back embattled Smithsonian African American history museum after Trump’s order www.ap.org/news-highlig...

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WHITE SOUTH AFRICANS - U.S. officials have interviewed white South Africans seeking refugee status about their troubles with land disputes, crime and perceived racism, while refugees from other countries are being deported or barred from the United States www.reuters.com/world/us-foc...

"We lack the resources to address the effects of climate change – and the reason we lack the resources is partly or mostly due to underdevelopment, which was caused by the Atlantic slave trade.” Hurricane-hit Grenadians see climate change and reparations as one struggle:

Macron says joint Franco-Haiti commission will examine 'painful' past www.reuters.com/world/europe...

The push for slavery reparations is at a defining moment, a Caribbean Community official said on the second day of a United Nations forum, adding it was time to step up actions to hold former colonial powers to account for past wrongs: www.reuters.com/world/enough...

Colombia's Vice President Francia Marquez, an advocate of slavery reparations, urged former colonial powers to take responsibility for their past wrongs as a United Nations forum on people of African descent opened in New York reut.rs/4jwYAt5

Colombia's Vice President Francia Márquez, in an interview with @reuters.com ahead of #PFPAD2025, called on former colonial powers to take responsibility for their past wrongs: www.reuters.com/world/americ...

Several thousand Hungarians mocked right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s moves to ban the annual Pride march by #LGBTQ+ groups, dressing in grey and carrying banners that ironically denounced colors and diversity at a rally in Budapest reut.rs/4lts0Kc

The rise of right-wing populism in Europe and elsewhere should not prevent Africa from bringing reparations for transatlantic slavery and colonialism to the table, the head of the African Union's (AU) diaspora division said: www.reuters.com/world/africa...

Maryland’s legislature approved a bill to create a Reparations Commission, aiming to address the legacy of slavery and systemic racism. The panel will study restitution options like financial aid and housing support. Read More at: www.washingtoninformer.com/maryland-reparations-commission-approved

Helena Monteiro da Costa's father was brought from Angola to Brazil as an enslaved person in the 19th century. Next year the 99-year-old hopes she can take part on a first-of-its-kind cruise that would do the reverse journey back to her father's homeland. www.reuters.com/world/americ...