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      Ghana
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    </category></item><item><title>Decolonial Ecologies at the Festival Génér’Action Conversations Citoyennes</title><link>https://www.afalab.org/the-latest/news/2026-06-08-decolonial-ecologies-at-the-festival-generaction-conversations-citoyennes/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.afalab.org/the-latest/news/2026-06-08-decolonial-ecologies-at-the-festival-generaction-conversations-citoyennes/</guid><media:content url="https://osuny-1b4da.kxcdn.com/hk3pcyyl6jqtf07yxc97mesqe5br?width=900&amp;height=0&amp;fit=inside&amp;quality=50" medium="image" width="900"/><category>
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          The women challenging the Belgian government, clockwise from top left: Simone Ngalula, Monique Bitu Bingi, Lea Tavares Mujinga, Noelle Verbeeken and Marie-Jose Loshi. Photograph: Francisco Seco/AP 
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      Public Statements
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      Gender justice and reparations
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      Belgium
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      Press Releases
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      Belgium
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      Climate justice and reparations
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      Fossil fuels
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      Colombia
    </category></item><item><title>Joint Statement on the Adoption of the 2026 French Law on the Restitution of Cultural Property</title><link>https://www.afalab.org/the-latest/news/2026-04-27-joint-statement-on-the-adoption-of-the-2026-french-law-on-the-restitution-of-cultural-property/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.afalab.org/the-latest/news/2026-04-27-joint-statement-on-the-adoption-of-the-2026-french-law-on-the-restitution-of-cultural-property/</guid><media:content url="https://osuny-1b4da.kxcdn.com/8j2i3gc8xzltmf9twxr3on8j2ezl?width=900&amp;height=0&amp;fit=inside&amp;quality=50" medium="image" width="900"/><category>
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      France
    </category></item><item><title>Kenya’s Femicide Crisis Misses the Point: Colonial Power Still Shapes Violence Against Women</title><link>https://www.afalab.org/the-latest/news/2026-04-22-kenyas-femicide-crisis-misses-the-point-colonial-power-still-shapes-violence-against-women/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.afalab.org/the-latest/news/2026-04-22-kenyas-femicide-crisis-misses-the-point-colonial-power-still-shapes-violence-against-women/</guid><media:content url="https://osuny-1b4da.kxcdn.com/vdzgda020ui62qhphn3l1dvfpnif?width=900&amp;height=0&amp;fit=inside&amp;quality=50" medium="image" width="900"/><media:credit>
          Brian Ongoro on Getty Images

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      Conferences
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      Colombia
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      Building bridges
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      Kenya
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      AFaLab News
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      Belgium
    </category></item><item><title>Patrice Lumumba Case:  Key Judicial Hearing in Brussels</title><link>https://www.afalab.org/the-latest/news/2026-01-20-patrice-lumumba-case-key-judicial-hearing-in-brussels/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.afalab.org/the-latest/news/2026-01-20-patrice-lumumba-case-key-judicial-hearing-in-brussels/</guid><media:content url="https://osuny-1b4da.kxcdn.com/5c5ohd67tr5eb0do0lzc56jufhmc?width=900&amp;height=0&amp;fit=inside&amp;quality=50" medium="image" width="900"/><category>
      Lumumba
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      Belgium
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        Addressed to the COP 30 Presidency to demand of recognition of the ICJ advisory opinion and OC32 of the Inter-American Human Rights Court as part of the negotiations during this COP.
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      Open letters
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      Climate justice and reparations
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      Brazil
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        Solidarity march with Black women mobilizing for justice, dignity, and reparative futures in Brasília.
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      Gender justice and reparations
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      Brazil
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        A forward-looking continental gathering to demand a radical rethinking of Africa’s debt crisis.
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      Debt justice
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      Ghana
    </category></item><item><title>Wakati Wetu Festival (Kenya)</title><link>https://www.afalab.org/the-latest/news/2025-08-08-wakati-wetu-festival-kenya/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.afalab.org/the-latest/news/2025-08-08-wakati-wetu-festival-kenya/</guid><description>
        Wakati Wetu is a 2-day cultural festival in Nairobi igniting global conversations on reparative justice through art, activism, and community, in response to the African Union's Year of Justice.
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      Gender justice and reparations
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      South Africa
    </category></item><item><title>AU-EU Expert Seminar on Reparations and Transitional Justice-Perspectives and Approaches from Africa and Europe,</title><link>https://www.afalab.org/the-latest/news/2025-06-21-au-eu-expert-seminar-on-transitional-justice-theme-reparations-and-transitional-justice-perspectives/</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.afalab.org/the-latest/news/2025-06-21-au-eu-expert-seminar-on-transitional-justice-theme-reparations-and-transitional-justice-perspectives/</guid><media:content url="https://osuny-1b4da.kxcdn.com/j4ehopfhev864zoovvu9m1rx0jvb?width=900&amp;height=0&amp;fit=inside&amp;quality=50" medium="image" width="900"/><category>
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      Nigeria
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      Public Statements
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      France
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      Haiti
    </category></item><item><title>Communiqué sur la commission mixte pour Haïti et le cas des réparations</title><link>https://www.afalab.org/the-latest/news/2025-04-23-communique-sur-la-commission-mixte-pour-haiti-et-le-cas-des-reparations/</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.afalab.org/the-latest/news/2025-04-23-communique-sur-la-commission-mixte-pour-haiti-et-le-cas-des-reparations/</guid><media:content url="https://osuny-1b4da.kxcdn.com/q3a0g6rw8e6wsta92a1avxohjkjk?width=900&amp;height=0&amp;fit=inside&amp;quality=50" medium="image" width="900"/><category>
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      France
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      France
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      Haiti
    </category></item><item><title>Public statement on joint commission for Haiti and the case for reparations</title><link>https://www.afalab.org/the-latest/news/2025-04-23-afalab-statement-on-joint-commission-for-haiti-and-the-case-for-reparations/</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.afalab.org/the-latest/news/2025-04-23-afalab-statement-on-joint-commission-for-haiti-and-the-case-for-reparations/</guid><media:content url="https://osuny-1b4da.kxcdn.com/dk5s9x3vxw4szepp2fdoe81h3uii?width=900&amp;height=0&amp;fit=inside&amp;quality=50" medium="image" width="900"/><category>
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      France
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      Haiti
    </category></item><item><title>The Third Session of the Permanent Forum of People of African Descent, April 16-19, 2024</title><link>https://www.afalab.org/the-latest/news/2024-04-24-the-third-session-of-the-permanent-forum-of-people-of-african-descent-in-geneva-april-16-19-2024/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.afalab.org/the-latest/news/2024-04-24-the-third-session-of-the-permanent-forum-of-people-of-african-descent-in-geneva-april-16-19-2024/</guid><media:content url="https://osuny-1b4da.kxcdn.com/i6u2267djbwklwcvni0opfoaes3n?width=900&amp;height=0&amp;fit=inside&amp;quality=50" medium="image" width="900"/><category>
      Conferences
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      Métis of the Great Lakes
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      Ghana
    </category></item><item><title>Working with, through, and around silences in the debate on race in France</title><link>https://www.afalab.org/the-latest/news/2022-10-26-mame-fatou-niang-working-with-through-and-around-silences-in-the-debate-on-race-in-france/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.afalab.org/the-latest/news/2022-10-26-mame-fatou-niang-working-with-through-and-around-silences-in-the-debate-on-race-in-france/</guid><description>
        Season I Episode 4 - Mame-Fatou Niang
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      Season I
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      France
    </category></item><item><title>Reparations Claims for Slavery in France: The Need for a Paradigm Shift</title><link>https://www.afalab.org/the-latest/news/2021-12-22-reparations-claims-for-slavery-in-france-the-need-for-a-paradigm-shift/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.afalab.org/the-latest/news/2021-12-22-reparations-claims-for-slavery-in-france-the-need-for-a-paradigm-shift/</guid><media:content url="https://osuny-1b4da.kxcdn.com/f6hgu28mrho0fovno0nd5vxlkxtp?width=900&amp;height=0&amp;fit=inside&amp;quality=50" medium="image" width="900"/><media:credit>
          Elisa Rodriguez

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      Reports and Policy Briefs
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      France
    </category></item><item><title>The Pursuit of Justice against Colonial Repression by the Mau Mau in Kenya</title><link>https://www.afalab.org/the-latest/news/2021-12-22-the-pursuit-of-justice-against-colonial-repression-by-the-mau-mau-in-kenya/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.afalab.org/the-latest/news/2021-12-22-the-pursuit-of-justice-against-colonial-repression-by-the-mau-mau-in-kenya/</guid><media:content url="https://osuny-1b4da.kxcdn.com/m96xkthz6tg0fhoimym81hlbbe1p?width=900&amp;height=0&amp;fit=inside&amp;quality=50" medium="image" width="900"/><media:credit>
          Elisa Rodriguez

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      Kenya
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      2021-2022 MobLabs Series
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