Need for Reparatory Justice is Very, Very Clear in Caribbean Region: FM

️ ️ ️’Need for Reparatory Justice is Very, Very Clear’ in Caribbean Region: FM From an early age, Caribbeans are learning about the atrocities of slavery, Denzil Douglas, Saint Kittitian and Nevisian Foreign Minister and Minister of Economic Development and Trade, told Sputnik Africa at the Second Africa-CARICOM Summit. Having gained independence from Great Britain in 1983, Saint Kitts and Nevis has become progressive, willing to pursue the justice needed to address the setbacks to human development caused by slavery, he noted. “We believe that linking closely with Africa through the African Union and its Commission, through our own organization, the Caribbean Community, we are at the point of moving beyond that sordid period in our historical development,“ Douglas said. Developing natural resources through Caribbean-African partnership and opening corridors for trade and the exchange of ideas would unlock both regions’ potential, he said. True reparation means consolidating indep... Source: Sputnik Africa