AU calls for common African position on historical crimes and reparations

The opening emphasized water security, continental agency and reform of global governance. Official accounts record leaders’ stated priorities; these should be read alongside the gap between summit...

Assembly Decision 942 extended the 2025 theme into a 2026–2035 Decade of Justice for Africans and People of African Descent through Reparations. This carries a movement demand into a longer...

The Assembly decision describes a renewed Pan-Africanism grounded in endogenous African values and Ubuntu, emphasizing interdependence and solidarity. This is a political framing adopted by...

Decision 942 calls for lasting transnational ties based on solidarity, shared memory and a common future. It extends a long Pan-African debate about who belongs to the political community and how...

The Assembly calls for stronger synergy between African states, Afro-descendant nations and regional bodies, and affirms support for AU–CARICOM initiatives. The statement connects continental...

The Assembly calls for full implementation of the 2001 Durban Declaration, including education, truthful African history and public-policy reform. Its inclusion links current reparations diplomacy...

Decision 942 calls for an observatory to document historical and current violations, monitor state commitments and support advocacy and education. The proposal indicates a turn toward tracking...

The Assembly calls on African states, diaspora communities and justice-seeking peoples to oppose racism, support restitution of looted cultural property and pursue structural reforms. The language...

The Assembly asks for a formal request to the UN to correct disproportionate map representations of Africa, naming the Mercator projection. It frames maps as part of global power and knowledge, a...

Decision 942 describes reform of the postwar multilateral order as necessary to address Africa’s marginalization. This joins reparatory justice to present-day governance and representation, beyond...