Last week in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, the African Union’s Ecosocc Citizens’ Forum brought together civil society actors, researchers, and policymakers under the theme “Reimagining Democracy and Advancing Reparative Justice: A New Social Contract.”
The forum, framed within the AU’s broader designation of 2025 as the Year of Justice and Reparations, marked a rare continental moment of introspection, one that acknowledged that today’s crises cannot be addressed through reforms alone.
