Ghana conference urges slave-trade nations to issue apologies and reparations
African and Caribbean leaders in Ghana on Friday urged former slave-trading nations to issue apologies and reparations over the trafficking of enslaved Africans after a landmark U.N. resolution in March declaring it "the gravest crime against humanity."
TL;DR
- African and Caribbean leaders met in Ghana.
- They urged former slave-trading nations to issue apologies and reparations.
- This demand comes after a U.N. resolution declared the slave trade the "gravest crime against humanity."