II153-A Call for Justice: African Union and CARICOM Forge Alliance on Reparations??

African and Caribbean nations agree move to seek reparations for slavery

Excerpt from theguardian.com

A global movement to seek reparations for slavery has been forged during a summit in Ghana, with the African Union partnering with Caribbean countries to form a “united front” to persuade European nations to pay for “historical mass crimes”.

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France’s poorest island is parched because of drought and underinvestment

Excerpt from aljazeera.com

Drop by disappearing drop, water is an ever more precious resource on Mayotte, the poorest place in the European Union. Taps flow just one day out of three in this French territory off Africa’s eastern coast, thanks to a drawn-out drought compounded by years of underinvestment and mismanagement.

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