Ghana to table historic UN Resolution declaring transatlantic slave trade gravest crime against humanity

President John Mahama is set to table a landmark United Nations resolution on Wednesday, March 25, 2026, formally declaring the Transatlantic Slave Trade as the gravest crime against humanity, a move Ghana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs describes as a defining moment in the global push for reparatory justice. The draft resolution, titled Declaration of the […]


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