Nigeria Joins Ghana, 121 Others Urging Reparations for Slavery’s Historical Wrongs

Nigeria joined Ghana and 121 UN Member States on Wednesday to adopt a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade the gravest crime against humanity.

The resolution spearheaded by Ghana received 123 votes in favour, while three countries, Argentina, Israel and the United States, voted against it, and 52 abstained.

The resolution was in commemoration of the Second International Decade for People of African Descent and the African Union’s Decade of Reparations.

Ghana’s President John Mahama…