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Ghana Champions UN Initiative on Slave Trade Reparations

3/25/2026

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Ghana leads a United Nations initiative recognizing the transatlantic slave trade as humanity's gravest crime.
President John Dramani Mahama says the effort aims to confront historical truths and inequalities.
Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa says the resolution calls for return of looted artefacts and reparations.
The United Nations vote is scheduled for March 25, 2026, with Brazil backing the plan and the United Kingdom and United States resisting reparations.

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Ghana leads a United Nations initiative recognizing the transatlantic slave trade as humanity's gravest crime.
President John Dramani Mahama says the effort aims to confront historical truths and inequalities.
Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa says the resolution calls for return of looted artefacts and reparations.
The United Nations vote is scheduled for March 25, 2026, with Brazil backing the plan and the United Kingdom and United States resisting reparations.