reparations
The Dekoloniale Berlin Conference 2024 is underway in Berlin, Germany, bringing together individuals from civil society, academia, and the arts across the African continent and its diaspora. The conference commemorates the 140th anniversary of the Berlin Africa Conference of 1884/5. The event, running from November 14-16, aims to reflect on the history of the 1884/5 […]
On January 20, a Belgian court held a closed-door hearing to determine whether to pursue a criminal case against a former Belgian official. The case concerns his alleged involvement in the 1961 assassination of Patrice Émery Lumumba, the first democratically elected prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo. This follows the country’s independence from […]
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