African and Caribbean leaders have endorsed a 19-point reparations framework that calls for financial compensation, debt relief, and the return of cultural artifacts seized during the transatlantic slave trade. The plan was adopted Friday by the African Union and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Commission on Reparatory Justice during a three-day conference in Ghana.
The framework also advocates for reforms to international financial institutions, which supporters say disadvantage developing nations. It emphasizes the preservation of former slave forts and castles as memorial sites and includes proposals for climate justice financing and expanded citizenship pathways for Africans in the diaspora. The plan does not specify which…