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African Union leaders seek legal recognition of colonial crimes and reparations, highlighting trillions lost to plunder and aiming for justice beyond symbolic compensation.
- On Sunday, African Union ministers convened in Algiers for a two-day conference to consolidate a shared vision of justice and advance reparations legally and diplomatically.
- Current legal gaps in international law drove the debate since the United Nations Charter does not explicitly outlaw colonialism, while Algeria's brutal experience under French colonial rule shaped its push for reparations.
- Looted artifacts and named objects such as Baba Merzoug underscore restitution demands, while Ahmed Attaf, Algerian Foreign Minister, said restitution must be `neither a gift nor a favor` amid economic plunder by European powers.
- Algeria balances its push for colonialism to be addressed by international law with caution to avoid tensions with France, where Emmanuel Macron, French President , called parts of colonial history a crime against humanity but did not apologize.
- Experts and ministers are drafting practical recommendations to implement the Algiers Declaration, with Téte António, Angolan Minister of Foreign Affairs, participating since Saturday along with ministers, jurists, historians and academics.
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African leaders convene to recognize and seek reparations for colonial-era crimes
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African leaders call for formal recognition and reparations for colonial-era crimes
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Angolan Minister of Foreign Affairs Attends Conference On Crimes of Colonialism
Luanda -- The Angolan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Téte António, has been in Algiers since Saturday, to participate in the International Conference on the Crimes of Colonialism in Africa: Towards the Reparation of Historical Injustices through the Criminalization of Colonialism.
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