Caribbean leader tells EU chief: Apologise and pay reparations for slavery

FILE PHOTO: Grenada's Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell arrives to address the 79th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 28, 2024. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo

(Reuters) - Former colonial powers must apologise and pay compensation for their historic role in the enslavement of Africans, Grenadian Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell told European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

Mitchell addressed von der Leyen late on Wednesday at the 48th heads of government meeting of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Barbados, which the European leader attended for the first time.