Africa: G-20's 'Solidarity, Equality, Sustainability' Must Include Africans' Quest - Reparations

The African Union must include climate reparations on its agenda – The Mail & Guardian

In 2025, the African Union adopted the theme Justice for Africans and People of African Descent Through Reparations, which underscores the AU’s commitment to addressing historical injustices stemming from slavery and colonialism, aiming to secure reparative justice for African nations and their diasporas.  Reparations have traditionally focused on the transatlantic slave trade and colonial exploitation, but the AU must broaden its scope to inclu…

Africa: G-20's 'Solidarity, Equality, Sustainability' Must Include Africans' Quest - Reparations

This year's 2025 G-20 Foreign Ministers' Forum was kicked off officially yesterday in Johannesburg, South Africa under the theme: "Solidarity, Equality and Sustainability." It came days after Africans have made their 38th Summit with a pivotal theme for the continent's future: "Justice for Africans and People of African Descent Through Reparations."

African Union’s Summit on Reparations: IJR Interventions on the Margins of the Assembly

In February 2025, the African Union (AU) convened its annual summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and IJR convened a series of interventions relating to the theme of the year which is: Justice for Africans and People of African Descent through Reparations. At the Thirty-Sixth Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government, held between 18th to 19th February 2023, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, a landmark decision was take…