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Ghana Calls for Slave Trade Reparations
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African and Caribbean leaders convened in Ghana demanding formal apologies and reparations from former slave-trading nations, building on a landmark UN resolution calling the slave trade the “gravest crime against humanity.” At the “Next Steps” conference, delegates from 80+ countries urged concrete action, including legal avenues for compensation, rejecting symbolic gestures in favor of justice. Ghana’s president emphasized moral responsibility and the enduring trauma of slavery, while activists argue reparations should include development aid and restitution of stolen resources — a global reckoning still unfolding amid deep public resistance in key nations like the U.S.
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