slave trade
Coverage of slave trade in the Nexus archive.
- Macron under pressure over reparatory justice for France’s role in slave trade
Emmanuel Macron faces mounting pressure to initiate formal discussions on reparatory justice for France's historical role in the slave trade and enslavement of African people. The French president will mark the 25th anniversary of France's 2001 law recognizing the slave trade and slavery as crimes against humanity, originally brought by Christiane Taubira.
- France defends abstention on UN slave trade resolution
France abstained from a UN resolution recognizing the slave trade as the gravest crime against humanity, defending its decision as justified. The resolution aimed to categorize the slave trade as a crime against humanity, but France did not support it.
- Slavery reparations are just, but who exactly owes whom?
The article discusses the justice of slavery reparations but questions who is responsible, highlighting that some African elites benefited from the slave trade and colonization. This complicates reparations debates by introducing historical beneficiaries.