June 18, 2026
President of Ghana John Dramani Mahama (L), arrives at the Next Step Summit, a high-level consultative conference on the Landmark UN Resolution on the Trafficking of Enslaved Africans in Accra, on June 18, 2026. Ghana on Thursday held a first global conference seeking to translate growing political support around slavery reparation justice, into practical commitments. The United Nations in March adopted a landmark resolution that recognised that transatlantic slave trade was “the gravest crime against humanity”. (Photo by CLAUDIA LACAVE / AFP)
Ghana on Thursday held a landmark global conference seeking to translate growing political support for slavery reparations into practical commitments towards justice.
The United Nations in March adopted a landmark resolution that recognised that the transatlantic slave trade was “the gravest crime against humanity”.
Since the adoption of the resolution in March, the campaign for reparatory justice has gathered “unprecedented momentum”, said Ghana’s Foreign Minister Samuel Ablakwa.
