Slavery is a horrific institution that has plagued human civilization for thousands of years. However, don’t tell this to the United Nations, for the intergovernmental agency created as a response to ...

The United Nations General Assembly, led by Ghana, recently passed a resolution by a 123-3 vote declaring that the ...

Commemorating the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, the United Nations General Assembly passed a landmark resolution on March 25.

The Barbary pirates of North Africa attacked the coastal northern Mediterranean launching attacks against Britain, France, Italy and Sicily. In their feverish search for slaves a few pirates even went ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President John Mahama of Ghana, a sponsor of the UN resolution, is one of the African Union's most vocal supporters of slavery ...

A groundbreaking resolution passed by the United Nations General Assembly has classified the transatlantic slave trade as the gravest crime against humanity, sparking renewed global dialogue on ...

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More than 12 million Africans were enslaved during the transatlantic slave trade. Over the centuries, most were taken to the Americas, while millions of others died along the way. Today, monuments to ...

The United Nations General Assembly has today (March 25, 2026) officially recognised the transatlantic slave trade as “the gravest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Dramani Mahama, President of the Republic of Ghana, addresses a press conference on the theme 'Ancestral Debt, Modern Justice ...

President John Mahama of Ghana, a sponsor of the UN resolution, is one of the African Union's most vocal supporters of slavery reparations - Copyright AFP Marco ...