President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa says Portugal bears responsibility for colonial crimes

UCLA’s Fowler Museum permanently returned seven Asante objects to Ghana, following a request from the Manhyia Palace Museum. The university described the objects as taken from the Asante kingdom...

The AU Assembly adopted a Ghanaian proposal to make “Justice for Africans and People of African Descent Through Reparations” its 2025 theme. The decision asked for stronger continental coordination, a...

An independent oversight group said the Church’s initial £100 million commitment was inadequate in relation to its historic links to chattel enslavement and recommended a £1 billion fund for...

Lac Seul First Nation members ratified an agreement concluding a long-running claim over flooding of more than 11,000 acres of reserve land without consent, lawful authority or compensation. Final...

INCRA published Portaria 445/2024 delimiting private areas within the Pitanga de Palmares territory in Bahia, a step toward collective titling for 536 registered quilombola families. The action...

The government responded that it would not begin a process to compensate former colonies for the colonial past, contrasting with the president’s recent remarks. The statement made a refusal of...

A decree established implementing rules for the 2023 law on returning human remains from public collections, including how requests and advisory review are handled. The decree makes the new legal...

UCLA’s Fowler Museum returned 20 cultural belongings to the Warumungu community in Australia after consultation with community representatives. The objects had entered the museum’s collections through...

Canada apologized to Aundeck Omni Kaning, M’Chigeeng, Sheguiandah, Sheshegwaning and Zhiibaahaasing First Nations for mismanaging money owed from late-1800s land sales. The Crown had used those...

After considering the Truth and Reconciliation Commission report, the Storting expressed its deepest apology to Sámi, Kvens/Norwegian Finns and Forest Finns for the Norwegianization policy. It also...