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Carlos Mureithi in Accra

Ghana conference calls for formal apology for transatlantic slave trade

John Dramani Mahama joined on stage by Mia Mottley, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Joseph Boakai Sr, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah
John Mahama is joined on stage by leaders and representatives of African countries during the conference in Accra, Ghana. Photograph: Francis Kokoroko/Reuters

A 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 crime against humanity.

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