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Africa’s colonial ecological debt could exceed hundreds of trillions of dollars – Report
The report argues that the long-lasting ecological harm caused by British colonial rule on its former African colonies constitutes a separate and vast category of damage, distinct from the humanitarian harm of the slave trade, with a valuation that could exceed hundreds of trillions of dollars.
The report is set to be formally submitted to the African Union’s newly established sub-commissions—the Committee of Experts on Reparations (AUCER) and the Legal Reference Group on Reparations (AULER).
Most critically, the African Union’s own decision in July 2025 to establish an ad hoc committee to examine the classification of “massive destruction of environmental ecosystems” as a crime provides direct institutional support for the report’s premise.
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