‘Recognition, responsibility, and restitution’: Ghana presents historic reparations push for Africans and Black Americans

Naming the slave trade humanity’s “greatest crime,” Ghana is pushing for reparations, a debt long denied to Black people, at ...

Ghana’s President Calls Slave Trade ‘Greatest Crime,’ Pushes U.N. for Reparations

In a first coordinated African-led effort at the United Nations, leaders have declared the Transatlantic Slave Trade as “the ...
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Understanding the legacy of slavery: United Nations commemorations as communications tools for promoting and protecting human rights

United Nations International Days, Weeks, Years and Decades communicate about, foster deeper understanding, and encourage action on key issues affecting the individuals and communities we serve. These ...
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Chris Koney’s column: Slave trade and the call for reparations

By Rosemary SADLIER,\xa0OOntGhana’s President, John Dramani Mahama has described the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade as the ...
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8 Countries Where Slavery Still Exists

Afghanistan faces high levels of modern slavery, exacerbated by ongoing conflict and instability. Vulnerable populations, including women and children, are particularly at risk of forced labor and ...
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Descendants of slave owners and enslaved people in the Caribbean call for reparations at the UN

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The great-great-grandson of 19th-century British Prime Minister William Gladstone said he was horrified to learn seven years ago that his ancestors were slave owners in Jamaica ...

Sir Lenny Henry calls for Black people to be paid £18trillion in slavery reparations

Sir Lenny Henry believes Britain should pay slavery reparations to the country’s Black population. The comedian, whose ...
The Root

Ghanaian President’s Bold Reparations Request Could Impact Black Americans, But There’s a Catch

“The fact that the transatlantic slave trade, which saw millions of Africans ripped from their homes, forced into slavery, ...

Echoes Across the Atlantic: Remembering the human cost of the slave trade

For over four centuries, it served as the route of a colossal and cruel enterprise, the Transatlantic Slave Trade—that ...
LBC

All black Britons 'must be paid reparations for slavery', Sir Lenny Henry says

Britain owes all its black citizens reparations due to its role in the slave trade, Sir Lenny Henry has argued. The British ...
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Commonwealth nations to discuss slavery reparations, climate change

Please enable JavaScript to read this content. Britain's Queen Camilla talks with Prime Minister of Samoa Naomi Fiame Mataafa during the Commonwealth Heads of ...