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The African Union and the Caribbean Community adopted a sweeping 19-point reparations framework at a conference in Ghana, calling on nations that benefited from the transatlantic slave trade to provide financial compensation, cancel debts and issue formal apologies.
The plan, approved Friday by the AU and CARICOM's Commission on Reparatory Justice at the close of a three-day summit, is set to be presented at the next United Nations General Assembly.
What the Framework Demands The document calls for direct financial compensation, a Global Reparations Fund, debt relief and climate justice financing for African and Caribbean nations.
It also demands the return of looted cultural artifacts and ancestral remains, expanded citizenship pathways for Africans in the diaspora and a "right of return" for descendants of enslaved Africans.
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