Ghana conference calls for formal apology for transatlantic slave trade

Global framework for reparatory justice adopted at event includes demand for compensation and debt reliefMore than money: the logic of slavery reparationsA global framework for reparatory justice has been adopted at a conference in Ghana, as African and Caribbean leaders demanded formal apologies from countries that benefited from the transatlantic slave trade.Heads of state and government and other officials formally approved the strategy on Friday at a gathering in a hotel in the capital, Accra, which was the first major meeting since the adoption of the landmark United Nations (UN) resolution declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans as the gravest