NAASD calls upon President Donald J. Trump to issue an Executive Order establishing a Slavery Disclosure Requirement ...
An inability to face accountability and transform their relationship with the Global South could put Western institutions in ...
In 2023, the African Union (AU) mandated Ghana to lead the reparations struggle of Africa and its diaspora, under the energetic ...
Commemorating the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, the United ...
UN General Assembly terms transatlantic slave trade as “gravest crime against humanity” ...
The United Nations General Assembly has declared the slave trade the ‘gravest crime against humanity’ but three countries voted against the resolution ...
By Bright Ofori The United Nations General Assembly has adopted Resolution A/80/L.48, formally declaring the Trafficking of Enslaved Africans and Racialized Chattel Enslavement as the Gravest Crime ...
Letters: Kenneth B Ati-John and Ndine Wa‑Chiuta respond to an article by Ghana’s president, John Dramani Mahama ...
The Pan-African Progressive Front (PPF) has welcomed what it describes as a historic decision by the United Nations General Assembly to formally declare the trafficking of enslaved Africans and the ...
The past week thrust the history of Africans and Black people back into the global spotlight. Ghana co-sponsored a United Nations resolution declaring the Transatlantic Slave Trade the worst crime ...
Opinion
Transatlantic slave trade is the gravest crime against humanity – why the UN declaration matters
THE resolution passed by United Nations General Assembly on 25 March 2026 seeking recognition of the transatlantic slave trade as the “gravest crime against humanity” potentially creates a broader ...
By Nigel Westmaas Professor Nigel Westmaas Extensive historical research, including the Slave Voyages database, estimates ...
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