•The United Nations headquarters building in New York The UN General Assembly yesterday designated the transatlantic African slave trade as “the gravest crime against humanity,” despite opposition by the United States and some European countries. In a move that advocates hailed as a step toward healing and possible reparations, the resolution ...
•A session at the United Nations General Assembly The UN General Assembly will vote today on a resolution designating the transatlantic African slave trade as “the gravest crime against humanity,” in a move advocates say is a step towards healing and justice. Ghana’s President John Mahama, one of the African Union’s most vocal supporters of [&...

