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Story summary
- Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama met with French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss reparations for transatlantic slavery.
- Ghana's foreign minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa said Macron is open to dialogue on reparations and artefact repatriation.
- The meeting followed a Ghana-led U.N. resolution recognizing slavery as a grave crime against humanity, which France abstained from.
- An Élysée Palace official noted talks on returning artefacts but did not confirm Ablakwa's other measures.
