Reparations Push: African and Caribbean leaders, including São Tomé and Príncipe, backed a 19-point slavery reparations plan at a Ghana conference, calling for financial compensation, debt relief, a Global Reparations Fund, formal apologies, and the return of looted cultural artifacts and ancestral remains, with climate justice financing and diaspora citizenship pathways also on the agenda. Juneteenth Commemoration: The conference culminated with a Juneteenth observance at Christiansborg Castle in Accra, featuring a student reenactment of the transatlantic slave trade and wreath-laying by Ghana and Barbados leaders, marking the first formal event outside the United States. Next Steps Governance: Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama announced three global panels to drive the next phase—advising on reparatory justice, handling restitution of cultural artefacts, and mapping legal pathways for redress—while urging the world to move from symbolism to action. Regional Ocean Economy: West African states are urging the Eastern Atlantic to be included in the first wave of marine protected areas under a new high-seas treaty, highlighting the Canary-Guinea currents as a key migration corridor stretching to São Tomé and Príncipe. Finance & Markets Note: A Cameroonian billionaire’s Afriland First Holding launched Africa Diamond Invest, a new securities and investment management firm based in Togo, expanding West African financial services across the UEMOA zone. Currency Watch: São Tomé and Príncipe’s dobra is flagged among Africa’s weakest currencies versus the US dollar, underscoring import dependence and external economic pressure.