French President Emmanuel Macron is facing increasing calls to initiate discussions on reparatory justice for France's historical involvement in the slave trade. This pressure mounts as he prepares to commemorate the recognition of the slave trade as a crime against humanity.

<p>Demands grow for launch of formal discussion process on how country should address legacies of enslavement</p><p>Emmanuel Macron is under pressure to open discussions on reparatory justice for France’s role in hundreds of years of enslavement of African people as he makes a key speech on the legacy of slavery.</p><p>On Thursday the French president will celebrate the 25th anniversary of France becoming the first country in the world to recognise the slave trade and slavery as crimes against h...