00:00And in Ethiopia, the one-day second Africa CARICOM summits focused on both cooperation and on a joint plea for colonial abuse reparations.
00:10At the summit, held at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, CARICOM Secretary General Karl Labarnet said the meeting would help promote cooperation, particularly in trade and health, but that it would also be addressing reparations.
00:23She said that the injustice of colonial rule and the transatlantic slave trade are reasons why these countries lag behind developed nations.
00:31This summit not only focused on reparations for African nations and people of African descent, but also on forging stronger relations between Africa and the Caribbean region, that is, on Africa CARICOM cooperation in the global arena.
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