A coalition of African and Caribbean nations has submitted an official demand to the British government for a formal apology and reparations for the transatlantic slave trade. Sources confirm the document, handed to Foreign Office officials on Monday, cites centuries of economic exploitation and racial injustice. The demand comes ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London next month.
Internal memos reveal Downing Street is scrambling to formulate a response, with senior aides warning of a diplomatic firestorm. 'This is not a symbolic gesture. It is a reckoning,' said a Caribbean diplomat speaking on condition of anonymity.
The UK treasury has quietly commissioned a report into the economic legacy of slavery, but no apology is expected soon. Critics accuse the government of 'kicking the can down the road' while victims demand action.
