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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Chinedu Asadu

What to know as Africans welcome UN vote on slavery reparations but questions remain

Africa Slavery Reparations - (Copyright 2025, The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

The U.N. General Assembly’s resolution on Wednesday declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans “the gravest crime against humanity” and calling for reparations is being widely welcomed across Africa and among advocates of restorative justice and slave descendants.

At the same time, questions are swirling over what the resolution means and what reparations could look like.

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