The first opening of the Australian Parliament after the election of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s Labour Government has proved a historic moment in the history of Australia – with an apology finally being made to indigenous people.

Churches and society at large need to offer reparation to descendants of those enslaved, tortured and murdered by the transatlantic slave trade, says an international conference sponsored by three major ecumenical organizations.

The Church of England should consider paying reparations for its role in the slave trade, the Archbishop of Canterbury said today.

The head of the World Council of Churches has asked PM Tony Blair to change his mind and make an unambiguous apology for Britain's involvement in the slave trade.

A gathering in Musselburgh will trace the footsteps of a famous son of a black Jamaican slave

Campaigners bound in chains have set off on a 250-mile march to commemorate the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade.