Africanising the Debt Crisis in a Reparations Framework | Part 1- Tax Justice through reparations In Part 1 of "Power, Politics & People: Africanising the Debt Crisis in a Reparations Framework" Derej Alemayehu, the Executive Coordinator of the Global Alliance for Tax Justice, frames international tax reform as a form of reparative justice for Africa. He explains how modern profit‑shifting, tax avoidance, illicit financial flows, and debt are continuations of colonial plunder, and why a UN‑led tax convention, democratic global tax governance, and coordinated African unity are essential to restore fiscal sovereignty and stop resource drain. Highlights: Why tax reform = reparations, not just revenue The link between tax, debt and systemic injustice The Africa Group’s role in pushing UN tax negotiations How transforming rules and governance can rebuild fiscal sovereignty

💡 Reparations, Debt, and Global Tax Reform

"Global tax reform through a #UNTaxConvention is about transforming an unjust system into one that rebuilds and restores."
- Dr. Dereje Alemayehu, GATJ Executive Coordinator, at #AfCoDDV

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🌍📢 In Accra, civil society and trade unions are united to demand debt justice now!

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At #AfCoDDV, Jane Nalunga, SEATINI Uganda Executive Director and GATJ Coordinating Committee Member, spoke upon the link between debt and the unjust global trade system which continues to extract resources and people from Africa.

#StopTheBleeding #AfricaReparativeDebtJustice

“Reforming the global tax rules & democratizing global tax governance is a piece of reparative justice. Africa’s work for a #UNTaxConvention should be part of ending systemic exploitation & repairing systemic harm.”

-Dr. Dereje Alemayehu, GATJ Executive Coordinator at #AfCoDDV

"Africa has been a rule taker, not a rule maker. The OECD—a club of wealthy countries—has dominated this field, imposing rules while countries of the Global South were sidelined."

-Dr. Dereje Alemayehu, GATJ Executive Coordinator, speaking at #AfCoDDV
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"The economic exploitation of Africa did not end with formal colonialism. It continued under new guises: give away investment agreements, tax-related illicit financial flows, debilitating debt burdens."

-Dr. Dereje Alemayehu, GATJ Executive Coordinator
#AfCoDDV #StopTheBleeding

🌍 Africa's Debt Crisis: A Reparations and Reparative Justice Framework Analysis

GATJ is at #AfCoDDV speaking on the role of international tax reform for reparative justice. The UN Tax Convention is a historic opportunity to #StopTheBleeding and ensure #AfricaRuleMaker

We’re in 🇬🇭 #Accra participating in #AfCoDDV, standing with movements demanding an end to a system that extracts from the many to enrich the few.

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