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Slave trade reenacted on Juneteenth as leaders demand reparations
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (137+ words) Ghana has been hosting a conference to advance the UN resolution declaring slavery the ‘gravest crime against humanity.’ Slave trade reenacted on Juneteenth as leaders demand reparations A dramatic depiction of the slave trade was staged on Juneteenth outside a…...
Arrests of critics in Ghana spark alarm over free speech under Mahama
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (911+ words) Ghana’s 14 arrests in 16 months linked to false news have raised concerns about free speech. Accra, Ghana – Ghana has recorded 14 arrests linked to false news and offensive speech in less than 16 months, nearly double the number documented during the previous administration’s…...
Ghana says France is open to engaging on slavery reparations
5+ mon, 23+ hour ago (321+ words) (Reuters): Ghana said France was open to having discussions with a coalition of countries that are calling for reparations for transatlantic slavery, following a meeting last week with President Emmanuel Macron. Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama, accompanied by foreign minister…...
UN adopts Ghana’s slavery resolution, defying resistance from US, Europe
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (626+ words) (Reuters): A resolution proposed by Ghana at the United Nations on Wednesday to recognize transatlantic slavery as the “gravest crime against humanity” and calling for reparations has been adopted despite resistance from Europe and the US Ghana said the resolution…...
UN adopts slavery resolution despite resistance
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (119+ words) The UN has adopted a Ghana-led resolution recognising transatlantic slavery as the “gravest crime against humanity”. UN adopts slavery resolution despite resistance The UN General Assembly has adopted a Ghana-led resolution recognising transatlantic slavery as the “gravest crime against humanity…...
UN names African slave trade ‘gravest crime against humanity’
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (231+ words) UNITED NATIONS (AFP): The UN General Assembly on Wednesday designated the transatlantic African slave trade as “the gravest crime against humanity,” in a move advocates hailed as a step toward healing and possible reparations. The resolution was adopted to applause…...
Timing Africa’s debt restructuring
7+ mon, 4+ day ago (940+ words) Across Africa, debt restructuring continues to dominate the policy agenda. Swings of more than $11 billion in the debt service positions of Ethiopia and Ghana underscore why: With restructuring negotiations often lasting years, countries remain vulnerable to external shocks and their…...
Illegal gold miners run residents out of South African settlement
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (670+ words) RANDFONTEIN (AFP): On crutches and with a bullet lodged in his leg, Miami Chauke is among the few people who did not flee the gun attacks that emptied South Africa’s once-bustling settlement of Sporong, where abandoned tin shacks bake in…...
Ghana’s president urged to rally African leaders behind push for slavery reparations
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (183+ words) (Reuters): Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama held talks with a global delegation seeking reparations for transatlantic slavery and colonialism, who urged him to rally other African leaders to choose “courage over comfort” and support the growing movement. While Ghana has…...
Kosovo takes in migrants deported by US: PM
9+ mon, 1+ day ago (201+ words) PRISTINA (AFP): Kosovo has started accepting migrants that the United States wants to deport, under an accord with President Donald Trump’s administration, Prime Minister Albin Kurti said. “We are accepting those whom the United States does not want on its…...