President Akufo-Addo will hold the Accra Reparations Conference from November 14 to 17, 2023.
The four-day event, entitled “Building a United Front to Advance the Cause of Justice and the Payment of Reparations to Africans,” will bring together Heads of State and Governments from Africa and the Diaspora, as well as academia, legal professionals, and civil society organisations.
The conference intends to enable debate, information exchange, and the development of concrete initiatives among varied stakeholders to explicitly address historical injustices spanning the ages of slavery, segregation, colonialism, apartheid, neo-colonialism, and neo-liberalism.
Distinguished leaders scheduled to attend include Azali Assoumani, president of the Union of Comoros and chairperson of the African Union; President Faure Essozimna Gnassigbé of Togo; General Umaro Sissoco Embalo of Guinea-Bissau; Prime Minister Gervais Ndirakobuca of Burundi; and Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission among other world leaders.
In a statement made in Accra on Monday, November 13, 2023, “the gathering represents a critical step towards addressing historical grievances and fostering unity among nations committed to rectifying past injustices.”
