African and Caribbean nations are demanding formal apologies and reparations from countries that profited from the transatlantic slave trade. The call follows a UN resolution recognizing the trade as a crime against humanity and a conference in Ghana endorsing a 19-point reparations plan.
Black Americans in Australia, Ri'chard Caldwell and Tyree Barnette, discuss the significance of Juneteenth and the UN's resolution on the transatlantic slave trade, expressing skepticism about its impact and highlighting ongoing struggles with historical acknowledgment and identity.
African and Caribbean leaders adopted a 19-point global framework for reparatory justice in Accra, Ghana, demanding formal apologies and compensation from nations that benefited from the transatlantic slave trade. The framework also calls for the return of cultural property and debt relief.
Ghana is hosting a three-day conference in Accra, "Next Steps," bringing together over 80 countries to advance reparatory justice following a UN resolution declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans a grave crime against humanity. The event aims to transform political momentum into concrete institutional commitments.
Ghana welcomes Pope Leo XIV's apology for the Catholic Church's role in slavery, calling it an 'act of moral courage' towards truth, dignity, and justice, as the nation seeks compensation and apologies for the transatlantic slave trade.
