Overview

• At an AU–Caricom summit in Addis Ababa, leaders called for meaningful reparations for slavery, colonial exploitation and ongoing systemic injustice.
• The AU will compile its own demands alongside Caricom’s long-standing 10-point plan and multi-trillion claims, with policy work still at an early stage.
• Proposed remedies include financial compensation, the return of cultural artefacts, reforms to global economic systems and climate-related redress.
• Former colonial states expected to face pressure include the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium and Germany.
• The UK government has rejected financial reparations, while several British museums have started returning items such as the Benin Bronzes and Ashanti gold.